The Kite Runner 10Th Anniversary Edition by Khaled Hosseini
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A beautifully story well told
Having seen the stage version of 'The Kite Runner' in Spring 2024 I felt I needed to read the original book that the stage version was based on. I am glad I did as the book was an education to me on the life of an Afghan. A story beautiful told on a very emotive story.
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just WOW
as i was going through this book i kept saying wow. i was stunned jaw dropped and loved every second of this book it holds a special place in my heart i felt bad for everyone especially Hassan’s son. this definitely lives up to the hype and is a must read. it really changed my perspective on what i once thought on Afghanistan people and more it’s so transformative
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“The Kite Runner¨
The Kite Runner By:Khaled Hosseini Khaled Homeni’s book “The Kite Runner” is an amazing story about a child named Amir, a well to do boy who remembers events about his childhood and the events that transpired between him and his best friend, a poor child named Hassan. The story involves one particular event where Hassan is left emotionally behind and Amir feeling guilt for not being there for him, causing him to be reminded of this into his adulthood. Another thing I liked about the book was that it contained a father-son relationship in the story. I feel like with that it really swayed me and how the main character described his relationship with his father. The use of language and wording the author chose to use as well really made me visualize the book and overall scenes better, especially since I'm a very visual person. To express and clarify this, one excerpt that does this smoothly is from ch. 6, pg. 49, where it says, “I loved it for the soft pattering of snow against my window at night, for the way fresh snow crunched under my black rubber boots, for the warmth of the cast-iron stove as the wind screeched through the yards, the streets.” This is one reason why I really like this book. This story of friendship, family, betrayal, and redemption is one that everyone should read at least once. This story shows us a side of Afghanistan that we rarely see, giving us a view of simple moments, and of humanity that we do not think exists there. It helped to open my eyes to this reality, maybe occurring throughout our entire world. It also is a story of time, and how even after many years, we remember events as if they happened yesterday. For anyone that is into literary realism, this one’s for you.
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This book was Amazing!!
This book completely changed my point of view of the world. The Kite Runner was a heart-wrenching novel that covered multiple lessons that are meant to be learned in life. It showed the narrator's story over such a wide span of time that the reader got to see how he matured and how his thoughts of the world altered, and changed. This book was not a pretty one. I cried on many occasions reading this book. One of my favorite things about this read was the reality. Even though this was not a 100% true story, it was real. The characters in this book had their ups and downs and nobody was perfect. This book showed experience. The narrator, Amir, got to see Afghanistan before, during, and after the rise of the Taliban. He interacted with so many different types of people it felt as if I were traveling around the world with him. Plot aside, the format of this book was perfect. everything was described so thoroughly. It was easy to imagine and understand what was going on. Also, the characters are so well developed that I felt sort of a connection with the book and the people in it. This novel covered all the characters' entire lives. And not only did this book jump into the plot in the first chapter, but at the beginning of the book you get to see the narrator as a child. As the narrator got older it felt as if I was growing with his character, and I think it was an amazing idea to start the book with him as a child and then carry on through his adult life, because it shows the reader how the narrator has changed and how his perspectives have matured. The Kite Runner was far better than any other book or movie I’ve ever seen or read. One of the biggest lessons I learned in this book is that your actions do not define you. I do not think anyone should ever give up on themselves because of a mistake that they have made. In this book Amir himself makes so many terrible mistakes and in the end found a way to be good again. Even though he had been given up on, he did not give up on himself in the end. Overall, I would most definitely recommend this book to anyone. The contents of the novel reaches all audience members. Maybe not someone too young, I don’t believe that it was a difficult read, but I think that it was good for a middle school student. You have to be old enough to really understand what this book is about. And overall I would rate this book a 20 out of 10.
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wow just wow
the first thing people told me when i said i was going to buy this book was “it’s so good but it’s sooooo sad” and they were NOT wrong lol. there’s a lot of triggering topics so warning to all. this book was just so real and raw and i was hooked and couldn’t put this book down. highly recommend giving this a read
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Marvelous Read
As a stressed high schooler, I find it quite hard to read books that are not assigned in class, because of my busy schedule. However, I read a previous book by the same author, Thousand Splendid Suns, and I couldn't help but pick this book up. I won't spoil the book but let me tell you, the word 'trauma' doesn't even begin to describe this book. Not my own, but this book pierces your heart deeply and makes you sit in shock. As a reader who never cries at a book, this one shook me because such stories are ignored because of their origin. I assure you, this book is phenomenal, the author crafts each sentence with magic. I am still finishing my other unread books, but I plan on reading all the books by this author someday. I think what really stuck out to me was that even with all the awareness of global conflicts, we are merely scratching the surface of the truth. Perhaps, reading such a book would turn heads and make people understand that beyond black or white, there's also grey.
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Classic, Must Read
Afghanistan collapsed this week under the Taliban, so this was a very timely read. Published in 2003, the storyline covers several conflicts in the Afghan Republic throughout the 1970’s. The narrator is Amir, and his father is Baba. They are Pashtuns, Sunni Muslims living in the Wazir Akban Khan district in northern Kabul. Their servants of many years are Hassan, who is a year younger than Amir, and Hassan’s father, Ali, who are lower caste Hazara, Shias. Hassan and Ali live in separate quarters on Baba’s property. Amir and Hassan are at the heart of the story. They were raised together and are best friends, albeit always mindful of their separate Pashtun/Hazara heritage. Both boys are motherless but were nursed by the same woman as infants. Amir has great respect for his gregarious father, Baba, and seeks his hard-earned approval throughout his life. The mild-mannered, subservient Hassan holds Amir in highest regard. A much-anticipated celebratory competition throughout Afghanistan was when young boys would fly kites through the city in an attempt to be the last one aloft. The captor of the last kite in the air wins the admiration and respect of everyone in their town. Hassan served as the kite runner for Amir, whose blue kite won the competition when they were 11 and 12 years old. Assef is the local bully, a Hitler supporter, and Pashtun supremacist. Sadly, Hassan fell victim to Assef’s cruelty. Amir was not able to prevent it. He hid on the sidelines, unseen by Hassan. His reluctance to interfere haunted him for years afterward. His dear friend Rahim Khan wrote, “A man who has no conscience, no goodness, does not suffer.” A thread of danger and tension travels with Amir from Kabul to Jahalabad to the United States and back again, on his mission “to be good again.” With all other options exhausted, he survives a chilling interaction with a murderous Talib. There are several brutal scenes in the book. They serve as a counterbalance to the themes of hope and hard-earned redemption. (May the same be true for the trials the Afghans are enduring now). Author Hosseini gives the reader an inside look at the daily life and struggles of the Afghan people through these deftly written, flawed characters. A highly recommended book, especially now.
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A Gut Punch
Amir and Hassan are two young boys living in Afghanistan in the 70s. Amir is the wealthy son of a powerful, well loved man in the community and Hassan is the son of the family's longtime servant, Ali. Never seeing one without the other Amir and Hassan form a bond like brothers and were raised as such for the most part. Told through Amir's perspective we see jealousy, frustration and then guilt break the two apart after Amir witnesses an incident he keeps buried within himself. Silence causing a rift there was no return from. As Amir ages the devastation in his country leads to his escape amid chaos and dangers beyond imagination. Before reading "The Kite Runner" I had no idea what I was getting into. It's a take your heart out and stomp on it kind of read that despite its conclusion leaves you feeling unsettled, even though things work out in the long run, sometimes in life there are no real winners. If you are looking for a good gut punch, then this is the book for you but be forewarned this will stay with you after that last page.
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