Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini is one of those books that you can never forget and something that you end up recommending to every bookworm you meet. The whole book is a haunting journey across time through preoccupied Afghanistan to modern America to post-war Afghanistan, all through the eyes of a Amir, the protagonist of the story. The coming-of-age book makes you feel like you have experienced everything he has seen from the fireworks and lights of his hometown Kabul to the bloodshed and injustices he witnessed right in-front of him. You develop a deep connection with the challenges he faces and the uprisings he makes. The way Hosseini paints the settings throughout the book makes you feel like you stand in the markets of Kabul and smell the dry yet alive air, and suddenly in the ash of their ruins. He accurately describes the wars, massacres, and positions Amir faces that you have to put the book down and process what just happened.
The plot of it all is haunting, yet memorable; Captivating, yet overwhelming; Emotional, yet painful. If you have a short attention span, then this is the book for you, because each sentence is always pulling your eyes towards the next one. I highly recommend this book for it's memorable, yet exceptionally painful plot, the well developed characters, and lessons of guilt, injustice, love, and redemption.
This synopsis grabbed my attention right away.I have heard a lot about this book but never had any intention of reading it. From this interesting synopsis I plan on reading this sometime in my future.
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