Like I said in my previous review, Khalid Hosseini is an amazing narrator! He really knows how to get your emotions running. Like his other books, he pulls on every string in your heart. And like his other book, this one is also a roller-coaster of emotions. There were a few parts in the book that had me really holding back my tears.
But because I read "A Thousand Splendid Suns" first, I can't help but compare it to that one. Even though that one came after "The Kite Runner". People said that "The Kite Runner" is his best work and his best story but I can clearly say that "A Thousand Splendid Suns" was better than this. The story is very well written but half way through the book I was waiting when the actual story was going to start. It seemed a little too slow for me at the start. And strangely, the most important event in the book, the thing that happens to Hassan, seemed the least moving to me. Does that make me bad person?
The book gave me a view into the whole anti-Hazara feel that Afghanistan has which was sort of an eye-opener, considering how until now I'd always thought them to be the actual Afghanis. Basically, thats because they were the only ones I had met at the Ruz-Bukhari restaurants back in Saudi Arabia.
I wonder why this book got so much publicity? I remember it being all over the media at the time when Umreeka (USA) had invaded Afghanistan. I guess it was one of those books the American media was pushing so that people thought what they were doing in Afghanistan was somewhat...divine.
This book was a good read. Khalid Hosseini is a good narrator, no matter how lame the story is. He really knows how to catch the attention of the reader. The story didn't seem as intriguing as "A Thousand Splendid Suns" but it still was a good narration of the adventure Amir and Hassan go through, and the life of Afghani social life when Afghanistan wasn't so broken.
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