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Denise in Portland, OR
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In my opinion this book is a must-read. I couldn't put it down, and having just finished it, I'm tempted to start it all over again, and give it to everyone I know. Not only is it extremely relevant to the current political and social climate, but Hosseini makes the people we are only able to read statistics about in the news immediate and alive, absolutely palpable. He describes a culture that I feel really needs to be understood given our involvement in it. Highly recommended.
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A timely book that opens a private door into a world that, although in the news everyday, we ultimately know so little about. I couldn?t put it down and have highly recommended it to everyone I know. I?m eagerly awaiting the Khaled Hosseini's next book.
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Cathy from Olympia, Washington
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Not an easy read, but a book that should definitely be read. Amir struggles from childhood to win his father's approval, and finds himself envying Hassan, his childhood companion and the son of the family servant. The title comes from the running of the kites, a favorite past-time in Iraq. The kites are fighting kites with glass-reinforced string to allow the kite fliers to cut down his competitors' kites, and the kite runners literally run after the cut-down kites and claim them as a prize. Amir is a talented kite flier/fighter, and Hassan is the best kite runner in the region... What made the novel hardest for me to read is the violence-- a neighborhood bully who delights in using brass knuckles on his victims. Violence from the hated and feareded Russian soldiers, and the even worse violence perpetuated by the Taliban... Hard as parts of the book were for me, I still recommend reading the Kite Runner.
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