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The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini

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_garima's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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l_arand's review against another edition

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emotional inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Beautiful writing and an even greater story about perseverance, humility, friendship, and the ability to change. Please read this book if you need to feel something.
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sirithe1st's review against another edition

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challenging emotional sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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werewolvesnotswearwolves's review against another edition

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Couldn't stop crying
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roopalibansal's review against another edition

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dark emotional sad fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I could not put this book down it was incredible. Everything about it felt too real. Although it didn't make me cry (even though everyone said it would) it honestly made me feel depressed for a week after finishing it. Despite the novel being a work of fiction, the reality of the atrocities described in the book really make you think. I also loved that no matter how flawed the main character was, I still found myself rooting for him, and his redemption. I'm sure many of us would like to believe we would do things differently in his shoes, but all of his choices felt so real. This book covered so many important topics, that are often looked over, and handled them extremely well.
The ending IMO was perfect for this story. Not too happy (which would have come across as cheesy after 400 pages of depression) and not too sad (which may have felt unsatisfying).
 
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violet_rose's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad slow-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

5.0

This book deserves all the hype it gets. One of the best books I’ve read in a long time. Incredibly, heartbreakingly sad, you think you’ve reached rock bottom but it just keeps getting worse, with both the war in Afghanistan and the protagonist’s personal struggles. I have never read something that explores the Afghani perspective of the war as in depth as the Kite Runner does; reading it with the hindsight of 2021 only makes it more sad. 

Hosseini’s prose is elegant and beautiful; his method of storytelling captivated me just as much as his lovingly crafted characters: Amir, the conflicted protagonist; Hassan, the devoted and loving servant; Baba, Amir’s indomitable father. 

Explores themes of the horrors of war, sexual assault, racism, classism, terrorism in a skilful and meaningful way. Everybody should read this book.
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