The Kite Runner

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The Kite RunnerThe Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

This is my second book by the author, the first being, "A Thousand Splendid Suns".

I found the Kite Runner well-written with references to events, characters and memories - back and forth. The true hero of the book is Hassan, and to some extent Rahim Khan too. I find the remaining characters seriously lacking in personality - particularly the protagonist.

The thought the Afghans once rejoiced the arrival of the Taliban, and that their land was once battered by Russia was quite an interesting revelation. Other details of Afgan history mentioned in this book is already known - either through news or through the other book. So nothing much there.

The same issue of Hazara vs Pushtan is again highlighted in this book, as in "A Thousand Splendid Suns".

The latter half of the book lacks a lot -there seems to be no definite theme after the death of Hassan It appears that the story flows because it has to. It was burdening endeavor trying the read the last few pages of the book particularly.

I immensely loved Hassan's character. Had the author interchanged the life span's of Amir and Hassan, it would have been a wonderful read. Somehow, after his demise, the book felt worthless to me.


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