The Kite Runner
The unforgettable, heartbreaking story of the unlikely friendship between a wealthy boy and the son of his father’s servant, caught in the tragic sweep of history, The Kite Runner transports readers to Afghanistan at a tense and crucial moment of change and destruction. A powerful story of friendship, it is also about the power of reading, the price of betrayal, and the possibility of redemption; and an exploration of the power of fathers over sons—their love, their sacrifices, their lies.
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Readers say *The Kite Runner* is a raw, emotionally gripping novel exploring guilt, betrayal, and redemption amid Afghanistan’s turmoil. Reviewers agr...
A very well crafted story with lots of twists and turns. Starts a little slow and the time in the US in the middle sags a bit, in terms of pacing at least - it felt more like a "story of my life" than it did a "story of my relationship to Hassan" during the middle. But the material was still mostly interesting.
The story does have a number of beats with a lot of shock value - especially at the end. It started to feel a little much. A little on the nose at times. Even on the lip on one occasion (Amir's injury). It just made things feel a little too well crafted - maybe emotionally manipulative, saccharine, something like that. But all the material about guilt and regret felt very genuine, very well thought out. And that of course is the core of the story, so I still felt like it deserved 4 stars.
The story does have a number of beats with a lot of shock value - especially at the end. It started to feel a little much. A little on the nose at times. Even on the lip on one occasion (Amir's injury). It just made things feel a little too well crafted - maybe emotionally manipulative, saccharine, something like that. But all the material about guilt and regret felt very genuine, very well thought out. And that of course is the core of the story, so I still felt like it deserved 4 stars.
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