- Unknown Binding
- ASIN: B004K2QDMS
- Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (610 customer reviews)
The Kite Runner
and over one million other books are available for Amazon Kindle .
Learn more
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Did you know you can trade in your old books for an Amazon.co.uk Gift Card to spend on the things you want? Plus, get an extra £5 Gift Certificate when you trade in books worth £10 or more before June 30, 2012. Visit the Books Trade-In Store for more details. |
Product details |
More About the Author
Inside This Book
(Learn More)
Browse and search another edition of this book.
Browse and search another edition of this book.
Suggested Tags from Similar Products(What's this?)Be the first one to add a relevant tag (keyword that's strongly related to this product)
|
What Other Items Do Customers Buy After Viewing This Item?
Customer Reviews
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
152 of 155 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
When it was suggested that I read The Kite Runner, I put off doing so for a long time because I am primarily a "thriller/suspense/mystery" type-of-guy. That was a mistake that I'm glad I eventually corrected. The Kite Runner is an astonishing, powerful book that had me riveted from the first to the last page. It is a story of fierce cruelty and yet redeeming love, as well as of an intimate account of family and friendship. Both transform the life of Amir, the main character, who comes of age during the last peaceful days of the Afghani monarchy; just before Afghanistan's revolution and its invasion by Russian troops. Hosseini is a masterful writer whose prose and narrative style ooze emotion. If you have any hesitancy about reading this book, as I did, put your doubts aside and rush out to get yourself a copy of The Kite Runner. You'll be very glad you did. It is not only a book that will keep you from doing anything else but turning the pages, it is a book that will stay in your head and heart for years to come. It is that good!
12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This book has the wisdom of an ancient arabic folk story and reads with the same nostalgia that the "Arabian nights" had.
The characters have such pathos that they remain with you long after you've put the book down. There are no central female characters and I am surprised that I did not miss this.
As you read this dark tale, you might think that it could not get any darker, vivid and simple descriptions of Taliban and other human cruelties are tossed in like sour sweets. The writer poetically explains what the morally right and courageous thing to do is, when faced with such cruelties, while remaining sympathetic to the human condition.
It is a rollercoaster of a read where the characters are as colourful and soar as high as a kite. Just as you think you might have guessed the outcome, the kite is cut down and you must race through to see if the sky will be reached again.
This is his first book but I hope it is not his last.
The characters have such pathos that they remain with you long after you've put the book down. There are no central female characters and I am surprised that I did not miss this.
As you read this dark tale, you might think that it could not get any darker, vivid and simple descriptions of Taliban and other human cruelties are tossed in like sour sweets. The writer poetically explains what the morally right and courageous thing to do is, when faced with such cruelties, while remaining sympathetic to the human condition.
It is a rollercoaster of a read where the characters are as colourful and soar as high as a kite. Just as you think you might have guessed the outcome, the kite is cut down and you must race through to see if the sky will be reached again.
This is his first book but I hope it is not his last.
24 of 25 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
A wonderful book which pulls all the emotional strings, making you think that it is an autobiography. Maybe a touch too contrived towards the end but that is a tiny critiscism of one of the best books I have read in a long time. I hope they don't try and make a film of it, the characters should stay alive in the brilliant word pictures.
Would you like to see more reviews about this item?
Were these reviews helpful?
Let us know
Most Recent Customer Reviews
excellent but horrible
a must read to give real understanding between Sunni and shiite
compelling to start with and then can I go on as the read gets more difficult
compelling to start with and then can I go on as the read gets more difficult
Published 18 days ago by P. Wilsdon
Breathtaking.
Make your own conclusions about this book, the point is to read it of course.
I was moved beyond words and close to tears at times.
A wonderful book.
I was moved beyond words and close to tears at times.
A wonderful book.
Published 19 days ago by Ba88
Beautiful and heartbreaking
With the amount of reviews written for "The Kite Runner", its hard to add more than what has already been said about this novel. Read more
Published 22 days ago by LG
A tale about friendship, treason, loyalty and redemption
This book tells the life of Amir (main character, son of an affluent Afghan business man) and his relationship to Hassan (unconditional and loyal friend who lives with the servant... Read more
Published 1 month ago by Jose
Enlightening novel
Prior to reading the Kite Runner, all I knew of Afghanistan was what I saw on the news. Apart from being a rivetting story, the Kite Runner also filled me in on the history of the... Read more
Published 1 month ago by bookworm
Simply Overrated
It's necessary for A Level English Literature, it's a Number 1 bestseller in America, its won the hearts of millions and it has been given praise with no bounds on its... Read more
Published 1 month ago by Riffan
sustaining read
I travel a lot and when this book first came out it was all over the airports and I would pick it up and put it down thinking it was not for me. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Bar54bar
Heartwrenching
It's taken me awhile to read it but I am so glad I now have. I loved the characterisation of the two boys, Amir and Hassan, and their relationship with each other and with Baba and... Read more
Published 1 month ago by Ruby Roo
One of the best books I have ever read!
I absolutely loved this book. It's extremely gripping and I couldn't put it down once I had started reading it. Such a powerful novel and definitely worth a read!
Published 1 month ago by hannah23
Simplistic cliche written by someone who barely knows Afghanistan
This book is the Pringles tub of the fiction world; the flavours are entirely artificial, there's nothing to be achieved by making your way through it, but for some reason you... Read more
Published 2 months ago by Goose
Customer Discussions
|
This product's forum
Active discussions in related forums
Search Customer Discussions
|
Related forums
|
Listmania!
Look for similar items by category
Feedback
- Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
- I am the Author, and I want to comment on my book.
- I am the Publisher, and I want to comment on this book.
