the kite runner?

Question

i know a lot of you have read THE KITE RUNNER. I want to buy the book. what is it about? did you enjoy it? would you recommend it to someone? did it touch you in any way?

Answer 1

wow, i can't believe it was described as over the top. like, if the town your family lived in for generations and that you had so many childhood memories of was bombed to rubble and your neighbors and family friends had to face the abuse of racist soldiers just to walk down the street of their very own hometown, yeah, i'm sure you'd be emotional about it too!! but the narrator isn't like, "poor me" about it, he's just sharing his childhood memories, not asking for your pity. this book is about a guy that betrays his loyal childhood friend, it also deals with not living up to his father who is a living legend in the community. it is a great book on its own, and it has the added benefit that it humanized the people living half a world away from me that i only hear about on world news. please please please read this book!!

Answer 2

Great book. It was bit disturbing at times and at other times it was pretty far-fetched. But I guess that is what makes it a fictional story. Anyhow, I really liked it. It gives a small insight into Afghani culture and history which is something I hadn't really thought about in the past. It also talks a little bit about the Taliban. It was a good read. I would reccommend it.

Answer 3

Kite Runner is one of the greatest books. You need to read it or gtfo.

Answer 4

"The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini is one of those marvelous books that opens up our hearts and minds. This book puts a name and face to the people we are helping to free. This is a book at once so magnificent,it is difficult to comprehend and describe. How could we be fighting for freedom in this far off land, Afghanistan, and not understand the people; their heritage, their land and what they lost?
This book transports us to a very different time in the 1960's. Amir and Hassan, friends, raised in the same household, but in different worlds. Amir is the son of a wealthy businessman, and Hassan is the son of the servant, Hazara. There may be a difference in the lives they led, but they became fast friends. Amir would learn to read and Hassan would not. Amir would have the most beautiful toys and particularly kites, and Hassan would be able to help Amir play with the toys and run (fly) his kite. Amir was the spoiled son, Hassan was the intelligent and intuitive servant's son. Their lives would intertwine even when separated.
When the Russian army invaded, Amir and his father fled to the United States, California. Amir grew up in a different land, but with the same Afghanistan culture. He and his father became close. Amir married, went to college, all the while wondering what happened to his childhood friend, the one he betrayed.
As time marched on, Amir lost his father to cancer and was summoned to Pakistan to meet with an old family friend. This turns out to be a life renewing event. Amir searches for news of his friend, Hassan. The search takes him back to Afghanistan, to an orphanage, a meeting with a member of the Taliban, a search for his lost city and culture and for a prize he will cherish, for the truth and for the life he regains.
This is a gritty book, the beauty and violence of this country, Afghanistan, comes to life. The customs and food and smells of the city; the desolation of life and the loss of the country to madmen who are running it with only their imagined vulgar needs and wealth in mind that destroys a culture so varied and rich.
We can imagine we are there, and we can share in the sights, the smells, the utter disregard for human life. But we can never know what these people have lost. This is a book I truly enjoyed reading, and I hope you will, too.

Answer 5

I think the interesting aspect is that of describing life in Afghanistan, both before and after the Taliban.. it can be a little over the top at times as far as trying to grab emotion - but overall ok..

Answer 6

I thought it was ok. It almost tried too hard to touch me, I just got the impression all the way through the book that I should feel really really bad for the main characters and if I don't I'm a bad person.

Oh, and there's butt rape (in like the first 50 pages)

Answer 7

very touching. about love of father and son , predjugests that exist now .especially the way many u.s. people view middle eastern people.how thier countries changed so drastically in a small periiod of time so much more, read it

Answer 8

I love this book, I recommended it to my 14 year old daughter and she counts it as one of her all-time favorites.