reidschlegel

If you read above the 5th grade level and keep up with current affairs, don't bother to read The Kite Runner. A fictionalized, light weight version of the horrors of war and religions extremism, the plot is paper thin and entirely predictable. The writing is average, with the descriptive strength relying entirely upon the exoticism of Afghanistan to Americans, riding the tide of South Asian novel popularity. The only reason this isn't appropriate for children is that it describes rape and stoning, otherwise it's comparable intellectually to The Island of The Blue Dolphins.

2023-01-29 10:38