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The Kite Runner
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Jennah A
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“Poorly constructed soap opera, that how I felt after punishing myself reading till the end .I fail to understand why ppl like this book that much ?What’s all this hype about it?A native writer from Afghanistan who decide to make some money coz he's smart enough to know what will please the mainstream in the west. If anyone is interested in reading a good book about that part of the world ,I recommend the true story by Greg Mortenson (3 cups of tea).But if you like soap operaish books that feed your superiority as a western and "entertain" you (though I dunno how anyone can find this depressing book to be entertaining !!!!) ,then I heard the writer Mr.Hossieni has another book .
I hate to be negative,but it was a shock reading this book especially after all the rave reviews I heard about it . ”

Jennah A wrote this review Thursday, February 28 2008. ( reply | view 18 replies | permalink )
  • Sidikha

    sidikha said:

    “totally agree!....the kite runner was morbid....why ppl enjoy this book is beyond me....i dont think that the redemption issue was addressed because the person who was wronged.... left the world without the knowledge or the help he needed......it is the story of a very selfish person!”

    posted Saturday, March 1 2008 ( | view 1 reply )
  • Aisha

    aisha said:

    “This post has been deleted”

    posted Saturday, March 1 2008 ( | view 3 replies )
  • Gaël R

    gaël r said:

    “I will certainly read both... ”

    posted Tuesday, June 17 2008 ( | view 3 replies )
  • shivangi m

    shivangi m said:

    “U KIDIN RITE?WELL IF WE WONDERING WHO IS RITING TO GET RICH WOTS NOT-SO-OPERISH BOU HARRY POTTER DN?I THNK D BOOK IS REAL IF OT CAN MAKE A PERSON CRY ND LOOK AT D DARKER SIDE..ND I THNK ITS NOT ALL BOU D SIDE OF AFGHANISTAN BUT AWSO MAJORLY BOU HOW WE ALL CAN SUFFER FRM DAT GUILT WHICH HAUNTS US EVERYDAY..I COULD FEEL IT THROUGH OUT..”

    posted Friday, June 20 2008 ( | view 3 replies )
  • Shannon K

    shannon k said:

    “I agree. It's not that the premise of the book isn't good, nor a majority of the plot. I just did not think that the main character acted like any normal person would in those kind of circumstances. In all the character's response to his feelings and the things that are happening around him are very unbelievable, at least to me. It was extremely hard for me to force myself to finish this book, but I had to for school. I would never recommend this to anyone.”

    posted Wednesday, July 30 2008
  • Ana

    ana said:

    “I was suspicious about the book. I don't hate it as much as you do but I share the impression of a soap operaish book (it seemed a bit too sentimental to me). I'll read the Greg Mortenson one.”

    posted Wednesday, July 30 2008
  • anuradha86

    anuradha86 said:

    “hey...i read the book recently too.and thought it was so filmy..such a predictable plot..i really dont understand what's the hype all about ...but yeah..i do like the way Hassan's character has been sketched...”

    posted Thursday, July 31 2008
  • Trung

    trung said:

    “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.”

    posted Thursday, July 31 2008 ( | view 1 reply )
  • Nigel 27

    nigel 27 said:

    “please dnt condem this book so much, it is one of the best books”

    posted Tuesday, August 5 2008
  • canary c

    canary c said:

    “u know what?! I think all of u think so bad about this book is for u all are very far from fact of living in real tragic situation of Afghans or other behindhand people in the world.The things u read were true part of life of people who are still livng in semi- feudal era . they 're passing through transition period recently .Before that Taliban has been persisting on confirming Fuadal- religous society and communication. I as a metropolis living in new age; can count for u several miserable , piteous situation from people living in vilages even sities.some incredible relations are still going on in the world that cannot be denied with indifference view.”

    posted Tuesday, August 12 2008
  • Diana

    diana said:

    “Thanks for your perspective. I'll read 3 cups of Tea since I've also heard very good things about it. Perhaps, it would be worth later skimming Hossieni's book to further understand your point of view. Perhaps you could provide specific examples that support your review. Thanks!”

    posted Friday, August 29 2008
  • parisa y

    parisa y said:

    “I totally disagree. first of all, from my vantage point, the theme of the book was beyond just the history of afghanistan. it was more about the inner world within all of us or at least me. it's about the struggle within you about whether to undertake the safe and wrong way or the dangerous and right one. unfortunately for me, most of the time and in the most critical situations it's the former which dominates. maybe that's part of the reason I like this book so much. I really feel going step by step through the story with Amir. So if you ask me, part of the raeson peaple warm up to this book lies in it's being tangible and touching. in some parts of the book I couldn't stop crying and I was not sure whom I was crying for, the character or myself? Khaled Hosseini has got a wonderful taste in words, how to put them together, how to express the feelings in the way jolting your heart and conscience the most. and if he make bucks through this, he definitely deserves it. talent should be appreciated not condemned. I think what he wrote pleases the people of east like me as those of west . I can even say it appeals to people of east even more as they feel some messages of the book in truest sense of the words. for example take the foolish quarrel between shiia and sonni- hazare and pashton. the word"HOPELESS" is the best to describe a country affected to such absurdities. the occasional here-and-there persian words can't be sweater for anyone than farsi-speakers.”

    posted Saturday, October 4 2008 ( | view 1 reply )
  • Peregrine Falcon

    peregrine falcon said:

    “Agreed! Miss Jennah, You are right! Such pple to full poor pockets disrespect the nation. Mr. Hossieni is one of such category. I have also written my opinion about this poor volume. God bless you.”

    posted Wednesday, October 22 2008
  • Sadia H

    sadia h said:

    “life is not black or white.......... people who fled Afghanistan in the 80's hidden in oil tankers must have related to this book. the book is mushy.....true. but Khalid Husseini's book did focus on all Afghans being people who have and are still being tortured by war.”

    posted Friday, October 24 2008
  • Pankhri S

    pankhri s said:

    “A book or story is not judged by its predictability or drama...you can very well chose to read thrillers for that matter and nowhere is it mentioned in this book that it is thrilling. Some writers write for description.A writer can be jusdged by the way he makes his poiint; by the way he choses his words ; by his eye to detail which khalid has definitely got. He has scored ten on ten for all these things. There are few stories whose end you know ; whose fate you know but you read them because you find them riveting ; you find them related ; these books may not add to your GK or to your Vision but definitely give you more empathetic skills and increase your emotional quotient. The Kite Runner is one of those rare books. It is a lovable book for people who can be empathetic and are sensitive to people around them.”

    posted Thursday, December 4 2008 ( | view 1 reply )
  • saloni

    saloni said:

    “i couldn't agree more with your soap opera analysis! the story telling, purely as a technique, is alright but it strikes such a false note at so may points. the rave reviews are completely beyond me. seemed more like a purely commercial enterprise written with an eye on the movie screenplay market than any kind of a moving account of a region/ nation/individual.”

    posted Wednesday, December 17 2008
  • Rick R

    rick r said:

    “Read 3 cups and Kabul beauty School: Kite Runner seems plausible and provides background for these other stories...”

    posted Thursday, January 1 2009
  • nelofar w

    nelofar w said:

    “This book is not for entertaining. it a good book about what has happened on the other side of the world. it is one person's experince of life. no one will feel it unless lives it. i do not like your comment becuse i lived there and i witnessed such things. so please do not go negative about this book. i am not a writer and i do not know much about writing, but this book tuhced my heart and reminded me from my life in afghanistan. i do not care how much money the writer is making from his book or the publisher. it is sad life story. you are free for what you think. it is my thought which is different. i like it becuse i know the nature of living and the standard of living and the war. you do not like it , it is ok”

    posted Thursday, February 12 2009
  • Daniel L

    daniel l said:

    “I liked this book when I read it a couple years ago and thought it gave me some understanding of Afghanistan. Primarily I took away that there was an incipient middle class in that country and theTaliban destroyed it in their need to revert to the Stone Age. But your criticism gave me pause. Perhaps the book is just a fictional account of Afghanistan and nothing more. A sort of Afghanian Harry Potter. If that's the case, then I feel cheated. Perhaps the majority of people I know who read this book and hated it were right. DanL”

    posted Saturday, July 4 2009
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