A review by thescenery
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini

dark emotional informative reflective sad tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

 
For you, a thousand times over.


My family has a big dispute over this book. My father loved it, my mother hated it. I feel like I'm setting things right by saying I loved it, but also hated it. The 3.75 was cause by its beginning. For the first 50%, I was having a hard time connecting with it. It was too hard of a read for no reason at all. After 50%, though, you understand that reason. Once I understood it why Amir was our main character, why he was the one telling the story, it was easier to read and understand and enjoy.

Amir is a case of very flawed character, a little unlikable, a little annoying, but it is part of its grandeur. He is the kind of character you have to have a lot of patience with, because sometimes he makes it a little bit too hard, and that's why it took me one month to finish it. The book makes it hard for dragging it so long before getting to its point, but once you get it, the book devours you just as you devour it.

It's cruel and harsh and beautiful, and I hated it and loved it. Hated it for taking so long to tell the reader why, loved it for its development after the said why.

It was an intense, good experience overall! A good read, a good book. I can finally have my opinion in the family dispute and talk grandly about it. 
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