“I didn't find that this novel lived up to it's hype, but I definately don't hate it as much as you seem to! I thought it was a pretty interesting story and also (like you said depressing). The reason why people speak so highly of this book is because they felt emotion from it. Did you not hate Amir for being such a coward when he didn't save Hassan. Or even worst the way he treated Hassan despite tremendous loyalty? Did you not want to kill Assef yourself when he abused Hassan, and to find out later on that he did the same thing to his SON. By the way, if you think that this book "pleased" me, it didn't. I didn't want to read about how Hassan and his wife had been executed because he was Still loyal to Amir. I didn't want Rahim Khan to just dissappear, and I didn't want Hassan's son to become a stone. If he wanted to "please" us, they all would've went to America and lived happily ever after. The emotions felt from this book is what makes a good one. The Kite Runner is meant to be a story, not a history book.”
“Well, I think that it was more of a History book than a story. History is not always happy and what happens, happens. But you can make a story however you want it to be.”
