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Summary: Specific time, specific place, but timeless and overarching
Comment: I lost a bet with my wife and was forced to read this book. Let me just say, Im very glad that my pick for the final four lost when it did, because this was the best book I had read in a long time.
What struck me most about Kite Runner is how specific and detailed the setting was-Afghanistan, a world few Americans understand. The main character's memories were vivid and enlightening, and likely not one of us born stateside can really identify with pomegraneate trees, kite running, and the threat of constant rpg fire. But the themes that cut through the book, the guilt, the redemption, the family ties, the bond of blood, this is the stuff of all people, of all races.
This book is a a fantastic piece of literature, a work that is at both educating and empowering, painful to read but healing to finish. First rate.
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Summary: Something a culturally blind person needs to read- an excellet book.
Comment: I read the book when it was brought into my book club. I found the wording to be easy to read and the characters highly interesting, but what I really loved was the fact that it gives people a view of a different culture and helps them understand it more. I have met so many people who see people from the middle east as just terrorists, and that is simply awful. The story is moving and it touched my heart. I would recommend it to anyone.
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Summary: A surprise
Comment: I bought this book because my book club chose to read and discuss it. I did not think it was the type of book I would enjoy, but I absolutely did. I will soon be reading another book by the same author and can't wait!
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Summary: A must read.
Comment: If you've not yet had time to read this book over the summer then I suggest you put it on your book list for the fall. It is well written, keeps the reader's attention through to the end. It is one of those books that you just can't put down. The story gives the reader an open window into the life of two young Afghanistan boys from age 12 to manhood who come from two different religions as well as economic and social classes; but develop a close bond of friend ship. Their relationship is complicated by evil cruelties and prejudices, deep kept family secrets and a betrayal that haunts until it is brought to closure by a powerful desire to make amends for a childhood injustice committed out of fear, shame, and confusion.
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Summary: a great first novel by an incredibly talented author.
Comment: In Khaled Hosseini's Kite Runner we're introduced to two young boys growing up together in war-torn Afganistan. The timeline is set in the early 70s and these two yong boys are put under terrible strain by horrifing events. But it's what happens at a kite flying tournament that really pushes this friendship to its limit. Amir is the main character and the book is told from his point of view now a man. But the real heart felt moments occur when Amir returns to Afganistan to rescue his childhood bestfriend's son. Everything said about this book is true. It's heartfelt, well-written, and tear jerking. It's a great first novel by an incredibly talented author. I'd also like to recommend another incredibly talented author: Georgiou Tino if you missed his book: The Fates, I'd recommend reading it.
Fates (2nd Edition)
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