18.9k reviews for:

The Kite Runner

Khaled Hosseini

4.31 AVERAGE

kristynharrington's review against another edition

4.0

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for every "for you, a thousand times over" i get punched in the gut and my heart gets ripped out of my chest

theimanijoan's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous dark emotional hopeful reflective tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

haikudan98's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

mwell2818's review against another edition

4.75

dark informative reflective sad medium-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

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Incredible novel but incredibly sad. It had me tearing up at the start, middle, and end. I gained an appreciation for Afghanistan, its culture, and the flight of its people. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Rape, Sexual violence, Xenophobia

Moderate: Genocide, Hate crime, Pedophilia, Self harm, Violence, Death of parent

Minor: Terminal illness, Vomit

jenber23's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional informative tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

shakshi_08's review against another edition

5.0

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Heartbreaking and moving

maisyy23's review against another edition

4.0

challenging emotional sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Actually devastating but so beautifully written
Hassan my son you deserved the world

anglerfishinariver's review against another edition

3.75

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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The Kite Runner is stylistically impeccable. The author clearly knows what he's doing: there's great "irony" as he calls it himself, it conveys a message, everything lines up perfectly, the characters are well though-out, and it makes sense. Somehow, it didn't really make me emotional though, I didn't really care about the characters. I think that's because the characters that are likable are not main characters and we don't get much insight into them, and the characters that are not likable (on purpose) take up most of the screen time. 

diannesuzanne's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous hopeful sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

angiegknits's review against another edition

5.0

challenging emotional medium-paced