The Kite Runner is the first historical fiction novel I ever enjoyed, and the first book that got me into reading more books in the same genre. It is also one of the few books that I've had to read as a set text for an English literature class that I enjoyed even after the painful studying and analysing of the text.
It is the story of young Amir growing up in 1970's Kabul. Amir encounters a number of difficulties throughout his life; struggles of friendship, death, destruction, desperation for the love of his father. It is a heart-breaking, but thought-provocative novel that raises the question of who is really to blame for what happens throughout the novel. Many people at first chance would blame Amir for a large part of the novel, but considering he is an 11-year-old boy, how much can you really expect of him? That is the only question I hope you keep in your mind when you read this book, because it really opens your eyes up to the message that Hosseini is really trying to portray.
It is the story of young Amir growing up in 1970's Kabul. Amir encounters a number of difficulties throughout his life; struggles of friendship, death, destruction, desperation for the love of his father. It is a heart-breaking, but thought-provocative novel that raises the question of who is really to blame for what happens throughout the novel. Many people at first chance would blame Amir for a large part of the novel, but considering he is an 11-year-old boy, how much can you really expect of him? That is the only question I hope you keep in your mind when you read this book, because it really opens your eyes up to the message that Hosseini is really trying to portray.