The Kite Runner | Khaled Hosseini | All that an exceptional book should be.

The Kite Runner | Khaled Hosseini | Could Not Put it Down

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The Kite Runner

	The Kite Runner Khaled Hosseini Riverhead Trade, 2004 - 400 pages average customer review:based on 2533 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

All that an exceptional book should be.

This novel offers so much to the reader. To say it is entertaining would be to trivialize the work. The Afghan culture is one that sees little attention in American literary markets (hopefully this changes) and is often misrepresented. Hosseini enlightens readers to the culture, while also providing a story that explores universal topics that transcend cultural boundaries including love, loss, friendship, regret, grief, joy, shame, and memories that haunt and comfort. For reasons I cannot recall, I picked up this novel many times and declined to read it in favor of some other selection. I am sorry I waited so long to read it as it is wonderful and now ranks in my ten best books list. Additionally, it moved me to count my blessings, including living in a country that believes in human rights and where I live safe and free. Readers of Hosseini's novel will feel an emotional attachment to the characters, which are some of the most realistic beings in literature. It is a well written, suspenseful, intelligent, and cathartic read.

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Could Not Put it Down

This is such a well-told story, I was hooked the moment I started reading it. The story of Amir and Hassan threw multiple twists in this story that I never saw coming. It is so well-written. The backdrop of Afghanistan is extremely interesting especially to see it through the eyes of the characters that live there rather than the version of Afghanistan that we see on the news. This is one of the best books I have read in a long time!

powerful and moving

Wonderful book. The story is powerful and moving. The characters are vividly and realistically portrayed. You feel the pain of the hero's flaws. Hosseini's story allow you to vicariously experience life in pre- and post-war Afghanistan, as well as experience the culture shock of becoming an immigrant transplant to the US, including the subtleties of interactions among fellow transplants.

This is an immensely compelling read on so many levels, and it is one of the most enlightening books of fiction I have ever read.

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Fantastic

If there is a book that must be read, it is this, it is this, it is this...

Wonderful

I loved this book! A story of loyalty, love, guilt, shame and jealousy all with very credible characters. Shows the best and worst of people and did not have a corny ending. That is very important to me. I don't have time to read as much as I would like so to get hold of a gem like this was a real pleasure.

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