The Kite Runner

I have just finished reading the book, The Kite Runner, by Khaled Hosseini. Khaled Hosseini, is an Afghan man who was raised in America. He is also the author of A Thousand Splendid Suns, and And the Mountains Echoed. This story is about two young boys, one wealthy and one the son of his fathers servant, and the struggles they went through growing up in Afghanistan before the invasion of the Taliban. You will finish this book learning a lesson, which is that time can never be given back.

           

This novel is about two young boys, Amir and Hassan. Amir is the son of a well respected Afghan man and Hassan is the son of their Hazara servant. Amir has always yearned for a relationship with his father and throughout the story you will see all that he is willing to do to make his dad proud. Amir often teases Hassan to tests his loyalty to him and also because he was never able to go to school and get an education, but Hassan on the other hand sees Amir as family and would do anything for him. “For you a thousand times over”, Hassan had said to Amir on the day of the kite running tournament. As the boys go through a situation it begins to break their two worlds apart more then they would have ever imagined. Years pass within the story and Amir has to face what he’s been avoiding for the past two dozen years. As he goes through this journey he learns secrets to his past that will change his life forever and make him learn the true meaning to life.

           

I would recommend this book to everybody. It has a great meaning and life lesson within it. There’s so many different twist and turns you will stay locked to it for hours. The story also gives you a brief insight into the history of Afghanistan and its people and what they went through during this time. It’s a great story for the relationship of a boy and his father, loyalty, war, friendship, and the ever lasting love between two friends.  

            

Book Review by Rylee S.