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The Kite Runner Editorial Review:
The timely and critically acclaimed debut novel that's becoming a word-of-mouth phenomenon...

Customer Reviews:
a must read
This is one of my all time favorite books, right along with The Poisonwood Bible. The story is compelling, intense and masterfully written. I cried more reading this book than any other I can remember. It pulled me in and stayed with me for months. Bravo!

A page turner that stays within you for a long time.
I usually am a 'light' reader, that is Evanovich, Grafton, Patterson..good books but pass quickly. A Pakastani friend gave me her book to read. I was hesitant and read the first couple of pages a few times, but then when I really started reading The Kite Runner I couldn't put it down. The story has stayed within me for what I imagine will be quite a time. Thoughtful and provocative, the author draws you into Amir's and Hassam's lives and won't let you go.

Great book
I had a hard time putting this down (and sometimes a hard time picking it back up, due to the subject matter). I tend to read fun books, but this was a great book to get me outside of my reading comfort zone. Really well written. I read it well before the movie came out and felt the movie didn't even come close to invoking the emotions in me that the book did. It provided great insight into Afghanistan culture.

The brutal sexual exploitation of one boy by another boy
This book was very favorably reviewed by the literary press. I found it sophomoric. The author relies on the old, old hack formula of trying to shock his readers to the extent that they will consider his work avant-garde 'literature.' Too bad, because the story could have offered interesting insights into another culture.

Horrible
This may very possibly be the biggest disappointment. I expected the book to be brand new. It was very obviously read before. Not only was the binding already in bad condition, but the seller's name or some other name was already in the book cover. The seller obviously could not make it any more obvious that he had already used the supposedly new book. I would not recommend buying anything else from this seller.

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