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 deeply emotional, beautifully written story about friendship, betrayal, and redemption set against Afghan history a...
I could not put this book down! I really, really, enjoyed this read. It definitely invoked so many emotions. It touched on themes of loyalty, love, betrayal, redemption, and forgiveness. I was reminded that grace should always be extended to others, regardless of who the world thinks is deserving.
This book has so much heaviness and hurt in it. It was hard to read, but it also pulled me in. It sheds a small light on some of the turmoil people in Afghanistan have faced.
Written 4/5/08
Loved this book- found the language difficult at times-story is set in Afganistan- two kids growing up together in a time of war- the servant boy always devoted to his "master" - the servant boy was raped by a neighborhood bully- the "master" boy was witness to this act but was ashamed to come forward with what he knew- later in life he comes to learn that the servant boy was actually his half brother who has been murdered leaving a son who has been kidnapped (by the man who raped his father). In an attempt to set things right he journies to his homeland to retrieve his nephew and bring him to live with him and his wife in America.
Loved this book- found the language difficult at times-story is set in Afganistan- two kids growing up together in a time of war- the servant boy always devoted to his "master" - the servant boy was raped by a neighborhood bully- the "master" boy was witness to this act but was ashamed to come forward with what he knew- later in life he comes to learn that the servant boy was actually his half brother who has been murdered leaving a son who has been kidnapped (by the man who raped his father). In an attempt to set things right he journies to his homeland to retrieve his nephew and bring him to live with him and his wife in America.
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