Amir tem doze anos e a única preocupação dele são os concursos de papagaios aos quais concorre com todas as outras crianças de Kabul. O seu parceiro de brincadeiras é desde sempre, Hassan, um criado Hazara que cresceu com Amir, como sendo família. O Afeganistão vive ainda numa monarquia e vivem-se t...
First, this novel would be great to use in a discussion on choice of point of view. It was written in 1st person, with a narrator that I found unsympathetic and flat, especially when compared to most of the other characters. My interest in Amir was minimal, verging on annoyance. Add to this, a serie...
It started as both an unusual and fascinating social commentary, but gradually, leading up to "the event", where I stopped, I disliked the narrator too much to continue. A mistake?
4.5I have to say something about this book which taught me a lesson to not to be a book snob from now on! To start with actually I was very apprehensive to start this book or rather reluctant too. If not for group-read may be I don’t think I would have ever read this book. There were many reasons f...
Within the first hundred pages of THE KITE RUNNER I threw up once and cried twice. Needless to say, this novel is both tragically horrific - to the point where I felt physically ill - and sad. Hosseini's debut is easily one of the most renown books of the decade, but it left me feeling rather disapp...
This was my first experience of a graphic novel. I was at my local library this afternoon and saw this on the shelf, thought I'd give it a try and I wasn't disappointed! I haven't read the novel, so this is my first experience of the story. It was heartbreaking, political, thought provoking and u...
interesting read, particularly after reading My Forbidden face, this is a man/boy's view of events in Afghanistan before, during and after the Taliban. An interesting read.
... so - one sunny afternoon and I quite literally swallowed the book. can't believe it's been sitting on my shelf for three years before I got to it! such an amazing and vivid story! (although very sad, too... not for the faint-hearted...)
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