I finished reading this book last month and wanted to write about it right then...but i guess i was not able to compose my thoughts the right way...and now when i am almost finishing my second book for the year...i started comparing the two books and now i can definitely consolidate my thoughts better. I read it long back somewhere that you should avoid reading two or more books from the same author in a row! I guess its true...because when you read books from different authors you dont expect the same writing patterns or the same plots! And that way you are able to comprehend each writer in his true capacity.
The Kite Runner: I must say when i saw the cover and the title i was not very attracted to the book, but still given the hype to this one, wanted to read it. And all the while when i had been reading it...there was not one person who saw me reading and dint say that the book is amazing...people in my office told its an amazing book...numerous numerous people in the trains and train stations stopped by to tell me that the book was a matchless peice...and when i read thru the book i knew why exactly so many people said so many good things about it.
The Kite Runner is a powerful book which narrates some solid realities from the authors life. The fact that the book is not a usual fiction book but rather a true story makes it even more interesting to read and easier to characterize the plots from the book. It starts as a simple story of a rich young boy, Amir who lives with his dad and servants in a mansion in Kabul. The book initially describes a set up in Kabul in the 197o's when the Pashtuns used to look down at the Hazaras considering them inferior and worthless and then forwards to narrate the story of Amir and his life. The elaborate narration of the simple details about the life in Kabul in the 1970's is bound to carry each reader with ease, right to the lanes of that world and those days. The story narrates in minute detail all the aspects of life of Amir who was a Pashtun and was served by Hazara servants. The years of unique friendship between Amir and his servant's son Hasan (who was a Hazara) have been beautifully written which makes the reader wanting to read more. The remorse that Amir feels after not having saved Hasan who loved him so much from the disgust served by some rich spoilt brats gives the story a deep sense of emotional pain. The stream of events that follow before Amir makes up his mind on getting rid of his servants to save himself from dying out of guilt, are some of the most beautifully written parts in the book. I couldnt believe that the story would take such emotional ups and downs. Each and every aspect of Amir's life, even after he and his father move to the US, have been written perfectly. The incidents have been described so nicely that at some point or the other in the story you would feel that you dont want to stop reading it, its almost like you are witnessing the real life of someone in front of you. Not even once after that did i feel that i was reading a story, it jus felt as real as LIFE. The last few pages of the book kind of make the story run as if in a hurry to finish it, but still every part of the book is very nicely written and drafted. The ending of the story was unique, did not end in a way i was expecting and that is something that i like as well. For quite a while i felt it was still incomplete, as if i want more, i wanted to know what happens next and then what happens after that and so on, but i guess thats the intention of the author, to make you feel like you experienced and witnessed a whole life in front of you and not just read a book!
I was moved with the book and would definitely say it was one of the BEST books i have read till date. I will have to say that even if it was not the usual love story kind of book that i usually enjoy, it moved me as much as i was moved by A walk to remember. I have been quite partial to that one by Nicholas Sparks because it was one of the first books that made me cry while reading it, and in that case i guess Khaled Hosseini's work has been the second one to do that. The story is simply perfect, couldnt have been written in any better way. Khaled's simplicity of words and richness and depth of thoughts make it a MUST READ for any avid reader.
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