Book Review: The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini

I have recently read The Kite Runner and its absolutely one of my favorite books. Khaled Hosseini is a very talented writer, he has perfectly written the book and his use of descriptive techniques makes it easier for everything to be visually imagined. I honestly give this book a 10/10 and I highly recommend it.

The story revolves about a Pashtun boy called Amir, who is a Sunni Muslim and another boy called Hassan who is a Hazara Shia Muslim. These two boys live in Afghanistan with Agha Sahib and Ali. In the beginning of the story, the writer shows us that Ali is Hassan's father and Agha Sahib is Amir's father.
Hassan is bullied for being a Hazara. Hassan and Amir grew up together and they were like brothers until Hassan shows his loyalty by catching up with a kite in a competition so Amir would win. Hassan gets raped by a boy, Amir saw everything but he was too scared to step in. His betrayal to Hassan makes him feel terrible, he makes his dad kick Hassan and Ali (who were their servants) outside of their house by accusing Hassan of stealing.
Afghanistan gets invaded by Russians so Amir and his father move to America. Amir gets married to an Afghan girl called Soraya, Amir's father passes away because of cancer. Amir finds out that Hassan and his wife got killed by the Taliban, he also finds out that Hassan is his half brother so he goes back to Afghanistan to find Hassan's son, Sohrab who is also his half nephew.


I loved this story because it shows how your whole life could be a lie; Hassan grew up believing he was Ali's son and he died oblivious; Amir grew up believing that Hassan is his servant's son and after being told by his father's good friend, he found out that Hassan is his half brother.
I also can relate to this story because in the story it shows how the Pashtuns (Sunni Muslims) hated the Hazaras (Shia Muslims) which is a huge problem where I live. I can also relate because it shows how blood is actually thicker than water. It also shows the brotherhood that can occur between Shia and Sunni Muslim.
"Never mind any of those things. Because history isn't easy to overcome. Neither is religion. In the end, I was a Pashtun and he was a Hazara, I was Sunni and he was Shi'a, and nothing was ever going to change that. Nothing.
But we were kids who had learned to crawl together, and no history, ethnicity, society, or religion was going to change that either."