Kite Runner Review

 

This Book was less of a portrait of Afghanistan then it was a portrait of guilt. Someone trying to right a wrong. It was very shocking. I came into this book knowing very little about it except that it was "so good". I think because that's all i heard about it, it let me down a little. I heard it was hard to put down and granted it was harder to stop reading then some books are it wasn't nearly hard to put down. I was however a page turner. 

The author was so good at dragging me into the book. At times I would put down this book and feel like i was keeping a secret that i desperately needed to tell. It is very rare that i get so into a book that i feel like i have the same feelings and desires as the main character. 

To be honest though i feel like the main character was the protagonist in this book. He seemed very selfish and wanted to keep secrets and still expected someone to fix them for him even without them knowing what he had done. 

I would recommend this book, but don't go into it thinking that you are about to solely learn about what it was like to be a young boy in Afghanistan. You do. But mostly you have a book about what its like to try to keep a secret from the ones you love the most and try to fix them and regretting not doing so sooner.