The Kite Runner By Khaled Hosseini

The best thing about fiction books is their ability to completely entrance the reader. Fiction books can take you out of the daily rituals of life and take you on an amazing ride through another culture, place, time period, or simply another individuals life. The kite runner has done all of this flawlessly.

Hosseini has stuck fictional gold, I love his use of metaphors, however most the most notable aspect of this book to me was how the author caught the life of an individual with such detail and passion he made me feel like I knew the character. The Kite runner is one of those books that deserve every award it has received, and if you are ever given the opportunity you should read it. The book was also made into a movie and for all you non-readers who want to experience the values of this book, the movie is a great option. I watched it supports what my mom always says: "a movie is never as good as the book" but none the less it does the book justice and excludes very minimal amounts of detail. The movie is also a great watch after you finish the book, the casting director really pin-pointed the correct actors, each character is easily identifiable to those in the book. It was a good movie and I would give it a 7/10.

I refuse to give away any details about the book! However here are some of the high lights to me; I enjoy how the author really creates drama and meaning in the lives and actions of the characters, it adds a lot of complexity to them. Continuing on through the book and you will notice the elegant metaphors coupled with the authors great story telling (this book is magnificently paced and though it does switch back and forth between time periods the author does it in a way that so that it is easy to distinguish).

I enjoyed the bonds that were made in the book as I said before, the relationships between the characters are so strong, it really is the biggest distinguishing feature of this book. You cringe when the characters goes through a painful experience and smile when they witness something joyful, the author wrote the characters so that they are very easy to connect too and this is another one of the books strong points. The book focuses on the consequences of "sins" and how life has a way of coming full circle and re-paying those sins for the main character, Amir this came in the form of guilt. He lives with guilt for about 10 years and finally decides to silence it by correcting his sins. There are many morals to this story, but the biggest one I got out of it is; Do not underestimate the way life can come back to bite you, live a life free of sin thus free of guilt.  To me there really were no negative components, it is truly a great work of fiction that has touched my life. I hope the author continues to write such profoundly touching works of fiction.


Vital Stats:
Title: The Kite Runner
Author: Khaled Hosseini
My Rating 8.5/10
Theme: The resilience of the human spirit.
Recommendable: Highly, everyone should read this book.