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cielosiluminado 's review for:
The Kite Runner
by Khaled Hosseini
dark
emotional
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
i’m so conflicted... major mixed feelings about this novel.
on one hand, i really enjoyed the writing style. the well-written foreshadowing and foreboding early on had me invested. on the other, i have never hated a main character wannabe-hero so badly than i have hated amir. not only that, so many things have not aged well in today’s climate and that does not sit right with me.
the pro-american bush-w@r-pr0p@g@nd@, the pro-1sNOTr3@l tangent and the hypocrisy from baba (amir’s father) made me furiousand i almost dnf’d when the truth was revealed, the trying to make us feel bad for the privileged main character while so much wrongness was done to the lower-class side characters at the hand of the main character, the “redemption arc” in the third act that tried to garner sympathy and resolve our conflicted feelings when it came to amir... i don’t know. i understand why this novel is beloved by many, but for me it left me dumbfounded. and not in a positive way.
⊱ ۫ ׅ ✧ notable quotes:
on one hand, i really enjoyed the writing style. the well-written foreshadowing and foreboding early on had me invested. on the other, i have never hated a main character wannabe-hero so badly than i have hated amir. not only that, so many things have not aged well in today’s climate and that does not sit right with me.
the pro-american bush-w@r-pr0p@g@nd@, the pro-1sNOTr3@l tangent and the hypocrisy from baba (amir’s father) made me furious
⊱ ۫ ׅ ✧ notable quotes:
“There is only one sin. and that is theft... when you tell a lie, you steal someones right to the truth.” (p. 17-18)
“Children aren’t coloring books. You don’t get to fill them with your favorite colors.” (p. 21)
“[B]etter to get hurt by the truth than comforted with a lie.” (p. 58)
“I opened my mouth, almost said something. Almost. The rest of my life might have turned out differently if I had. But I didn't. I just watched. Paralyzed.” (p. 73)
“For you, a thousand times over.” (p. 2, 67, 70, 194, 239, 305, & 371)