Reviews

The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini

hellosunil88's review against another edition

5.0

It's amazing. Takes you through varied range of emotions and mostly you feel the sadness, helplessness how people had gone through in that tumultuous land and especially, it feels so sad children had to go through all that

jhutasingh's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Pedophilia, Rape, Violence, War, Sexual assault, Death of parent, Grief, and Suicide attempt

chicken_tracker's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

ritaralha's review against another edition

2.0

O menino de Cabul, pelo que percebi, é uma semi-autobiografia cheia de acontecimentos históricos, bem como as memórias de infância de heróis e vilões.

É uma história de amizade entre rapaz rico e rapaz pobre, das traições, de sacrifícios e de amor, que se pretende arrebatadora, num cenário de guerra e destruição de uma sociedade.

Tinha tudo para agradar, mas houve um pormenor que me incomodou durante toda a leitura:

Onde estão as mulheres?

Pois é, não estão!

Ou melhor, as poucas mulheres que surgem na história estão mortas, desaparecidas ou ausentes.


The disappearance of the woman, Boushra Almutakawel

A mãe de Amir morre no parto, a mãe de Hassan desaparece após o seu nascimento.

A única mulher presente no romance é Soraya que é infértil. Ela é imperfeita porque é despojada da capacidade de conceber crianças. Amir, o seu marido, o homem e o herói, é o que tem a solução: adopta Sohrab.

Analisando com um olhar muito crítico parece que se pretende substituir a maternidade com a paternidade, através da ausência de mães (e mulheres) e da presença de pais (e homens), para fortalecer o patriarcado.

Por este motivo não consigo dar-lhe mais que 2 estrelas.

catonirique's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

creenareads's review against another edition

5.0

This is one of the most impactful books I've read. The main character, Amir is honest in a way that will have you wondering what to do with your own dusty secrets and his friend Hassan will inspire you to be a better person.

If you, like me, never got around to reading this book for the last 14 years, stop, drop, and read.

spoooksnake's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

sshortt's review against another edition

5.0

Devastating 

charlotte_izzy's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

jongtaesymtpoms's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0