The Kite Runner (Riverhead Essential Editions) | Khaled Hosseini

The Kite Runner (Riverhead Essential Editions) | Khaled Hosseini | TOO GOOD TO DESCRIBE!

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	The Kite Runner (Riverhead Essential Editions) Khaled Hosseini Riverhead Trade, 2005 - 384 pages average customer review:based on 2461 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

EASY READ. SENSATIONAL READ.

When I read the Kite Runner, I was 13. Although I read quite a lot of and quite a variety of books, one wouldn't think such a book would appeal to a 13 year old. Well, I won't go into how I stumbled upon it, but I did. And I'm glad I did.

The single thing that has made the book so successful all over the world is that it is simple - it's an easy read. It hasn't got a complex plot or any complicated twists in it. Hosseini starts off by writing of the two boys, their freindship, their background, their situation. It seems very light-hearted at first - you think it's just a nice tale of two boys in Afghanistan. Of course, saying that now, even to you, must sound silly. It's not quite that, because what shocks the reader the most is when Hosseini reveals, very subtly, details of what was always destined to be. Things, that I won't spoil by telling you now, that are so shocking that it leaves you thinking, 'How did he do that? How dare he do that? How has he sucked me into believing the complete opposite of the reality of this place?'

This is probably what you'd call poignant. However, poignant is not the word to describe this book. It sets off a new, undiscovered emotion within you. You cannot properly describe this book with any one word, sentence, or review even.

Read this book. Consider it. Appreciate it...
Feel it...

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TOO GOOD TO DESCRIBE!

This is the best book I have read in years. I absolutely loved it and have tried to convince everyone I know to read it. This is a must have.
JUST PLAIN GOOD!!

A great work of fiction, a must-read

This book was just perfect in every sense. Obviously a difficult topic that many readers are probably sheltered from in day-to-day life but it is a story that anyone can relate to on many levels. I LOVED this book and was very inspired by the finish. I read a review for another book that put it very nicely; it is a work that demonstrates the "soul-sustaining power of fiction"

A thousand times over!

Kite runner, for me, is a book that I couldn't stop turning pages of even though I felt pain in my heart, wrinkled my forehead, cringed, felt a shudder down my spine.... because inspite of all this, I had hope. Hope for all the characters and for the one smile that would prove to the be-all of this fascinating story.

Mr. Hosseini captures moments, and more importantly emotions, incredibly. He tells a heart numbing story and yet manages to cultivate feelings, in his audience, for each character. I must say though, that especially towards the end, we could do without a few characters who have no significance to the story. It's a very well written book, but not a very well edited one.

The book is a piece of fiction written on a real backdrop and as you read it, there's no denying that this could very well be an autobiography. It's written in a way that makes you believe and feel for each and every person caught in his/her battle of guilt, fear, shame, responsibility and of course redemption. And you stop for a moment and wonder, what keeps these people going? Yes, it's a book after all. You know it's going to end well. But, Hosseini doesn't just end it all happy and fixed. He ends it with hope that things will be better again.

I like the way this book brings together all the characters with a common element. The element of being good. The reason I say this is because it seems that everyone is looking for that oasis of niceness. It's part of being human. We want to do the right thing, even though we might not always make the right choices. And we get opportunities, a thousand times over!

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