Rating : 4 stars
Blurb
The Kite Runner follows the story of Amir, the privileged son of a wealthy businessman in Kabul, and Hassan, the son of Amir's father's servant, who is also Amir's servant. As children in the relatively stable Afghanistan of the early 1970s, the boys are inseparable. They spend idyllic days running kites and telling stories of mystical places and powerful warriors until an unspeakable event changes the nature of their relationship forever, and eventually cements their bond in ways neither boy could have ever predicted. Even after Amir and his father flee to America, Amir remains haunted by his cowardly actions and disloyalty. In part, it is these demons and the sometimes impossible quest for forgiveness that bring him back to his war-torn native land after it comes under Taliban rule. ("...I wondered if that was how forgiveness budded, not with the fanfare of epiphany, but with pain gathering its things, packing up, and slipping away unannounced in the middle of the night.My thought
Amir and his father, a wealthy Kabul merchant, live with their loyal companions, Ali and Hassan. Hassan and Amir are just like brothers and do not leave each others side until something so horrible happens that they drift apart. Amir and his father leave their home town and go to America. They had no choice but to leave their loyal servants and long time companions. As their lives carry on, Amir feels great distress for what he did, which will disturb him for the rest of his life. As the war in his home land carries on, he returns on a mission to the devasted land to set things right.
Overall I thought this was a very good book.One of the most heartbreaking books that I've read.Still wiping the tears from my eyes. It was well written and I especially liked how Khaled Hosseini incorporated Farsi and Arabic vocab into the text. This vocab really made the author put himself into his book. It also made the book more interesting and really fueled my ambition to read more. I really found this book to be relatable to people who are or have been in situations where you wished you could have stood up for someone or something.
The only thing I did not like about this book was the bad language. I saw it as something necessary to be written to describe the characters tone and voice, but the same message and voice could have been shown even without the bad language. Besides the language it was a great book and I was amazed and interested to see how everything tied together at the end.
Conclusion
This is an intriguing book about war and love and loyalty and family. It is extremely well written. I highly recommend this novel to people who love to read something very touching.
