m0468_ 's review for:

The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini

4.5

adventurous emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious 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

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Quotes i Loved from this book

• “the early-afternoon sun sparkled on the water where dozens of miniature boats sailed, propelled by a crisp breeze”

• “and suddenly hassan’s voice whispered in my head: for you, a thousand times over”

• “there is a way to be good again.”

• “eyes are the windows to the soul” 

• “.. under the same roof, we spoke our first words. Mine was Baba. His was Amir. My name.”

• “Amir and Hassan, the sultans of Kabul”

• “.. right then, i wished i could open my veins and drain his cursed blood from my body”

• “.. a person who wastes his God-given talents is a donkey..” - Rahim Khan

tashakor” -> thank you 

• “.. the sky was a blameless blue.”

• “for you a thousand times over” - hassan to amir

• “after i met Soraya Taheri, every night of the week became a yelda for me”

• “Soraya. Swap Meet Princess. The morning sun to my yelda.”

• “life moving on already, leaving baba behind”

• “come. there is a way to be good again.” - rahim khan

• “the sun had almost set and left the sky swathed in smothers of purple and red” 

• “ … our legs swinging, dappled sunlight flickering through the leaves and casting on our faces a mosaic of light and shadow.”

• “at that, i believe, is what true redemption is, Amir jan, when guilt leads to good.”

• “the sky was awash with streaks of red and purple as the sun set on Peshawar.”

“dostet darum” - meaning i love you

• “life goes on, unmindful of beginning, end, kamyab, nah-kam, crisis or catharsis, moving forward like a slow, dusty caravan of kochis”

• “i wondered if that was how forgiveness budded, not with the fanfare of epiphany, but with pain gathering its things, packing up, and slipping away unannounced in the middle of the night.”