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A review by midwifereading
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
5.0
By far, this is one of the heaviest books I have ever read. It's a story filled with deeply hard things from cover to cover, and no simple answers. Things I can never hope to understand, but only learn to see as clearly as I can.
The writing is strong, efficient, powerful, and vulnerable. It's raw and painful.
The characters are painted with layers of complexity you can only find in real humans. Very few people are either truly good or truly evil. Hassan and Assef certainly bring both good and evil to light vividly in contrast to Amir and his father, who are somewhere in the middle. Good people with major flaws and blind spots that mire them both in suffering.
The ending is appropriately mixed. Neither happy nor sad, but both. Human. Real. Intimate even, with notes of hope. I'm glad for that.
This glimpse into Afghanistan's modern history through the trials of one small family is devastating, but hopeful. It's amazing.
The writing is strong, efficient, powerful, and vulnerable. It's raw and painful.
The characters are painted with layers of complexity you can only find in real humans. Very few people are either truly good or truly evil. Hassan and Assef certainly bring both good and evil to light vividly in contrast to Amir and his father, who are somewhere in the middle. Good people with major flaws and blind spots that mire them both in suffering.
The ending is appropriately mixed. Neither happy nor sad, but both. Human. Real. Intimate even, with notes of hope. I'm glad for that.
This glimpse into Afghanistan's modern history through the trials of one small family is devastating, but hopeful. It's amazing.