Stop Complaining

I don't know why everyone else is complaining about the ending of this book. Of course bad things happened, people were hurt, and killed. But in many ways, this book turned out the best it could in this situation. Amir has redeemed himself, and Sohrab is finally safe. He has protected Hassan's son, his nephew, IT WORKED OUT. Of course Sohrab had been broken and abused, but now he can heal, in a good home.

Personally I was shocked when they found Sohrab in the bathtub, and quite honestly I was a little scared. For someone of his age to feel so much pain, is just so horrible. I wasn't sure if he was going to make it out ok, but thankfully he did. If only he could have heard the conversation about them being able to take him to America, the entire crisis would not have occured. Regardless of all the bad, or upsetting things that have happened in the span of this book, it turned out well. Even with complications, the story ended up full circle, and everything is in it's place, so stop complaining. I personally loved the end of this book.

Reality.

This book was the biggest emotional rollercoaster. I have never experienced so much sadness while reading a book. I was hoping for a happy ending. But that's the problem with humans; we only want happy. We want a perfect world where nothing bad happens. This unfortunately is very astray from the truth of the world. Hosseini displays reality like a stab in the back through the Kite Runner. I was absolutely heart-broken when Sohrab was found bleeding in an attempt to kill himself. How cruel is the world that makes a child want to kill them-self? This should not be happening. And the sad part is this is what actually is happening in the world. We are so privileged to live in America where our biggest problem in life is to get this blog post by midnight. We can't even imagine the strife the majority of the world's children are going through. I am extremely saddened by the turn-out of the end of this book. However, I think it brings light to a serious problem within the world.

Disappointed

Overall this book was very good, and very well written. It did not end as I had expected, but I cannot change that can I? With all of the violence and sadness that was going on throughout the entire novel, I figured that it would end with something tragic that would break most readers hearts, but instead Hosseini gives us in a sense, a happily ever after ending that I was not ready for.

Even though the novel did end as planned I think that Amir finally found the person that he was supposed to be. He found repentance of not standing up for Hassan by getting the crap beat out of him by Assef. Amir was laughing during the entire brawl because he knew this is what he deserved all along and was finally receiving his punishment.

The best part of this section of the novel was getting Sohrab back. I had a good feeling that Amir would eventually find him and believe that he made the right move of bringing him back to America with him for adoption. Sohrab has lived a rough live, so far and Amir knows what he is going through. He knows that it takes time to heal the past, but eventually you get through it

Hope

In the end, this was a good book. I enjoyed it the most out of the three book chats this year. I thought the ending was very realistic, which was good. I can't think of an alternative ending because I would have been furious if it was an impossible, total happily ever after story, like the book Iron House that I read last semester. I hate those it "magically" works out in the end books. This book masked its ending very well in balancing the hope that us as readers imagine in the characters' lives and the reality of the demons Amir and Sohrab face in the future. My prediction was right that they would take the boy back with them to America. I thought it was clever of Rahim Khan to fake that there was a Christian couple who could take Sohrab. It was kind of funny, because that was the realization for Amir that he had no other alternatives but to adopt the boy and be even with his guilt.
I'm glad I read this book since it really was a page turner. I do not recall any moment where it seemed to drag on. The read was very quick as well. This author is someone I will definitely look into for future reading.

Interesting

This book did manage to keep my attention. However, at times my attention dwindled. It seemed as every new plot twist occurred what would happen was obvious, but just a matter of reading it. From the point of the introduction of Hassan's son and on I could have almost told you what was going to happen. I was only surprised by the entrance of Assef,  and Sohrab's struggles with depression. I thought that his move to America would be a happy assimilation, but instead it seemed like he gave it no effort. Amir's life seemed just as plagued with bad news as Sohrab's, and you would think that eventually Sohrab would be able to move passed the abuse he endure and it did hint that this may happen. Ultimately, I found the book to be to straight forward with plot twists that led to obvious conclusions. Also, the whole ending with the kites and all was a bit to mushy gushy and cliche for my liking.

Although it seems like I hated this book there was an aspect of it I enjoyed. I was unfamiliar with the middle eastern setting and the book gave a great picture of the setting and how horribly the country deteriorated.

On a side note, I found it really far-fetched and almost downright silly that Sohrab still had the slingshot on him during the fight between Assef and Amir. I mean really? What criminal keeping a prisoner doesn't do a full body search of their prisoner? That really grinded my gears...

Amazing Book! Crappy Ending....

Amazing book! Seriously amazing! I will recommend this to everyone! Buuuuuut, horrible ending. Yes, I understand that this isn't a super happy book, but is it too much to ask for to have a happy ending?!?!?!

A little part of me died when Sohrab tried to kill himself. It was so hard for me to imagine that a little boy who should be playing outside flying kites in utter innocence, is instead in a state of extreme depression because he has been molested repeatedly and orphaned. Its horrible. This is what is happening to children in Afghanistan  This what the Taliban do. I'm so glad we live in America, but I wish there was a way I could stop this from happening to innocent children. Sohrab tried to take his life just because the possibility of him going back to an orphanage came up. How horrible must those places be?

I wish the book would have ended differently. I wish I would have ended with the kite flying and Sohrab suddenly breaking out of the state he was in and running with Amir to get the kite and every one would be happy and crying from joy! That’s a better ending!  I don’t know though, how would you all have wanted it to end?


P.S. I hate Assef more than I've ever hated another fictional character. That's saying something!

The End

I've finished The Kite Runner, and it was really good. The whole thing was really good. Actually, once I finished the second part assigned to us, I literally could not put the book down. I finished it last Sunday.
Toward the end of the book, back in America, when Sohrab would not speak one word, I expected the very last line of the book to be him speaking. As we all now know, that was too optimistic. He never spoke, although is is implied at the end that he is beginning to warm up to Amir. Speaking of the end of The Kite Runner, I found it really touching. Amir and Sohrab were having fun together, but more importantly, Amir showed his love for Sohrab in the only way he ever knew: flying kites. Throughout the book, Amir put such a great emphasis on flying kites that his flying kites with Sohrab at the end of the novel means much more than one would initially think.

I enjoyed reading about Amir rescuing Sohrab from the wreck called Afghanistan. I thought Hosseini could have developed his attempt to leave Islamabad a little more. What happened with Raymond Andrews? How did they get Sohrab to America when andrews said they could not? I realize that this isn't the most important part of the book, but it bothered me a little.
I really like the book. It was a great read; I couldn't put it down.