1/08/2007

Kite Runner was a fantastic book. It took me about 100 pages to get into it. In fact the 1st 100 pages took me about 5 days to get through and the last 275 I got through in one day. This book kept me guessing the whole time and when you thought you knew how it was going to work out, the story up and changes itself. I would recommend this book highly.

The Kite Runner follows the story of Amir, the privileged son of a wealthy businessman in Kabul, and Hassan, the son of Amir's father's servant. As children in the relatively stable Afghanistan of the early 1970s, the boys are inseparable. They spend idyllic days running kites and telling stories of mystical places and powerful warriors until an unspeakable event changes the nature of their relationship forever, and eventually cements their bond in ways neither boy could have ever predicted. Even after Amir and his father flee to America, Amir remains haunted by his cowardly actions and disloyalty. In part, it is these demons and the sometimes impossible quest for forgiveness that bring him back to his war-torn native land after it comes under Taliban rule.

I am going to start Jodi Picoult's book The Pact. I loved The Tenth Circle so hopefully this book will be just as amazing!

1 comment:

Sarah said...

Wow you are on a roll! I am loving Emma and Me, I think I may post about it! Shocking I know!

NOt sure I am in love with Picoult but I may have to try this one too!