19.2k reviews for:

De Vliegeraar

Khaled Hosseini

4.31 AVERAGE

egriffin319's review against another edition

4.5

emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Sad sad sad!

c4tr1n's review against another edition

4.0

challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad tense 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

mackzryan's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

e_thompson16's review against another edition

4.0

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An eye-opener about privilege, loyalty, and forgiveness. This book disappoints the reader in meaningful ways. That is, the story is not a fairytale full of near misses. There is real tragedy and just when you think you're going to make it to the happy ending, you get hit again. I wouldn't call this book uplifting, but it IS inspirational and a reminder that we all make huge mistakes and we all miss our chances to remedy those mistakes sometimes...but we can certainly try!

obrimcke's review against another edition

5.0

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Honestly I could not put this book down as soon as I picked it up. The story has so many turns that leave you unsure of the ending, but by the conclusion of this novel you’re left in tears. Truly a beautiful piece written by a brilliant author, I’m looking forward to reading more of Hosseini.

sealirene's review against another edition

4.0

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I really enjoyed the story and the journey Amir takes, but I am not the biggest fan of the writing style. For the most part I felt like I was being told a story, not experiencing it alongside the characters- there's a difference. This story does a good job of bringing things full circle - what Amir deals with as a kid is a similar challenge 25 years later. Good, but could have been better.

gina_kortuem's review against another edition

5.0

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This was a re-read while I planned lessons for it. Such a beautiful story. It hits different reading it as a parent.

hungriger_yeti's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative reflective fast-paced

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

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The insight into afghan culture and history was enriching. Some heavy shit happens and I could not continue at some times because it was hard to process. Needless to say, I cried a lot.

whtthemichelle's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

stephaneedavis's review against another edition

4.25

dark emotional tense 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