Why I Chose to Read This-
"It was a number one New York Times bestseller for over two years,[4] with over seven million copies sold in the United States." -Wikipedia. So obviously, the United States has reacted quite positively to the book by Khaled Hosseini. Though this book deals with what is, today, a very sensitive topic (Afghanistan). I think that because author chose such a controversial topic to deal with, many people picked up the book, just to see what the author did to manipulate what he thought about the controversy. I would like to read it because it is out of my usual reading genres, in a way that it is historical fiction. Now, learning about things that have already happened could possible be boring, HOWEVER, it can also be very interesting. Since it's not the United States, we don't directly learn about their history, and so this book takes a chance at making history exciting by taking something that has happened in Afghanistan and mixing it into a story of a boy living during that era. I am very anxious to see what will come about of reading a new genre. I hope that historical fiction allows me to and ensures that I will expand my reading into ALL genres.
Reviews on the Book that Enticed me to Read it.
"The Kite Runner. Must be the most disturbing, haunting book I’ve yet to read. The close seconds would be A Child Called It and Night. They both broke my heart but not in the way Kite Runner did. I was in tears maybe four separate times during the past two days it took me to finish the novel. A coming of age story with pre–war Afghanistan and the post-Taliban arrival as the backdrop of the story." -GoodReads
So, when I saw this review. I felt like this book was made for me! The idea of a tearjerker makes me excited because I usually read tearjerkers. I like when a book grabs you attention so much that it changes your feelings with only the words written. The only new thing, that I'm anxious for, is the historical fiction part. The review shows that the author did a fantastic job putting the two types of genres or ideas together. A coming of age story set during a pre-war event makes me curious as to what connections the author makes between the two completely different ideas.
"Before I started this book, I distinctively remember running my hands over the cover, over the embossed letters that read, The Kite Runner, with not a thought spared but just a sense of hope and anticipation.
Now, after I've finished it, I'm once again running my hands over them.
Those letters that read, The Kite Runner.
Those letters that mean a lot more than what they seemed to a few days ago.
Yes.
Oh.
No.
Yes.
Oh.
Oh.
This is just a tiny fraction of "Oh"s that I felt during my journey through this beauty and beast of a book."-GoodReads
This review just makes me wonder how I am going to change emotionally AFTER reading the book. There's definitely more meaning to the story than the synopsis on the cover gives to us. The further I get into the book, I hope I am so into the book that I feel like I am with the characters emotionally.
In general, I'm extremely curious as to what I am going to read for the next week or so. I have only read about 100 pages, and I can already tell that there's an underlying meaning that I am going to have to find.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/77203.The_Kite_Runner -Link to Reviews
"It was a number one New York Times bestseller for over two years,[4] with over seven million copies sold in the United States." -Wikipedia. So obviously, the United States has reacted quite positively to the book by Khaled Hosseini. Though this book deals with what is, today, a very sensitive topic (Afghanistan). I think that because author chose such a controversial topic to deal with, many people picked up the book, just to see what the author did to manipulate what he thought about the controversy. I would like to read it because it is out of my usual reading genres, in a way that it is historical fiction. Now, learning about things that have already happened could possible be boring, HOWEVER, it can also be very interesting. Since it's not the United States, we don't directly learn about their history, and so this book takes a chance at making history exciting by taking something that has happened in Afghanistan and mixing it into a story of a boy living during that era. I am very anxious to see what will come about of reading a new genre. I hope that historical fiction allows me to and ensures that I will expand my reading into ALL genres.
Reviews on the Book that Enticed me to Read it.
"The Kite Runner. Must be the most disturbing, haunting book I’ve yet to read. The close seconds would be A Child Called It and Night. They both broke my heart but not in the way Kite Runner did. I was in tears maybe four separate times during the past two days it took me to finish the novel. A coming of age story with pre–war Afghanistan and the post-Taliban arrival as the backdrop of the story." -GoodReads
So, when I saw this review. I felt like this book was made for me! The idea of a tearjerker makes me excited because I usually read tearjerkers. I like when a book grabs you attention so much that it changes your feelings with only the words written. The only new thing, that I'm anxious for, is the historical fiction part. The review shows that the author did a fantastic job putting the two types of genres or ideas together. A coming of age story set during a pre-war event makes me curious as to what connections the author makes between the two completely different ideas.
"Before I started this book, I distinctively remember running my hands over the cover, over the embossed letters that read, The Kite Runner, with not a thought spared but just a sense of hope and anticipation.
Now, after I've finished it, I'm once again running my hands over them.
Those letters that read, The Kite Runner.
Those letters that mean a lot more than what they seemed to a few days ago.
Yes.
Oh.
No.
Yes.
Oh.
Oh.
This is just a tiny fraction of "Oh"s that I felt during my journey through this beauty and beast of a book."-GoodReads
This review just makes me wonder how I am going to change emotionally AFTER reading the book. There's definitely more meaning to the story than the synopsis on the cover gives to us. The further I get into the book, I hope I am so into the book that I feel like I am with the characters emotionally.
In general, I'm extremely curious as to what I am going to read for the next week or so. I have only read about 100 pages, and I can already tell that there's an underlying meaning that I am going to have to find.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/77203.The_Kite_Runner -Link to Reviews
Aboli,
ReplyDeleteI like how you incorporated reviews from GoodReads into your post. The Kite Runner sounds like a great book with lots of emotion as well as accurate historical information. Is the boy living in Afghanistan the narrator of the book? I'm looking forward to seeing what your thoughts are as you continue to read The Kite Runner!
Aboli,
ReplyDeleteI like the way you described this books as well as the way you incorporated quotes in your post. I have been wanting to read this book for quite some time now.
Aboli, i liked how you gave the goodreads review of it! I've never seen that before that was such a good idea. Sounds like a good book so far
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