19.2k reviews for:

De Vliegeraar

Khaled Hosseini

4.31 AVERAGE

mlemos's review against another edition

4.5

dark emotional inspiring sad 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

katrina_stevens0406's review against another edition

3.5

challenging dark sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

spookyvenom's review against another edition

5.0

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Captivating and emotional. Simple words seeping deeply, wrapping you in and making you feel every bit of it.

katielouiseeeee's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark emotional reflective sad

fae_reads's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

lumikupla's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

velicselma9's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-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

nikita_write's review against another edition

4.75

dark emotional hopeful sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

hyperdontiia's review against another edition

4.0

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A wonderful if depressing story with the unfortunate tendency to sometimes lay it on way too thick (see cleft palette at end, various incredibly heavy-handed metaphors). As someone with very little knowledge of Afghan history I can not vouch or refute authenticity, but the atmosphere, especially within the parts which are set in Afghanistan, is intense. The human interactions are also powerful-- it's hard not to get frustrated at these characters for being human (with the exception of a few background characters who serve more as moralizing cardboard cutouts, see arguable "antagonist"), but it's also hard not to sympathize with them because they're being human. In the end, I still can't wholeheartedly bring myself to like Amir, but I don't think he's uninteresting to follow.

alsweet23's review against another edition

5.0

challenging emotional sad 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