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The Kite Runner

Khaled Hosseini

Why we're reading this: referred to in segment May 9, 2007; segment guest December 1, 2008
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Nov 21, 2011 HannahN rated it it was ok

Compelling story ruined by the author's inability to write. The Farsi especially grated on my nerves, since native Farsi speaking characters would be talking to each other, then one of them would throw out a Farsi word, stop mid-sentence, and translate it to English before moving on with the conversation. I...I just...adjklsa;jdsal;jksal;fadsl

I never got over my hatred of Amir. The author would have me sympathize with him, apparently. He's a spoiled cowardly brat, and he moans about being a spoi ...more

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Mar 29, 2011 Emilee rated it it was amazing

I had been dying to add this to my repertoire, and I'm so glad I did. First off, I really don't care if it sounds lazy or unintellectal, but the best foray into learning about an area or current world events is through fiction. Attaching faces such as Amir, Hassan, and Baba to a tumultous country such as Afghanistan is so much more satisfying than reading a non-fiction book on the area's twentieth century history. If you want an emotional, well-written story with characters with who you will emp ...more

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