The Kite Runner: A Portrait of the Marc Forster Film by David Benioff

The Kite Runner: A Portrait of the Marc Forster Film Reviews

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  وعد الشدي

  this my first time reading a novel in English..
  i starrted today, ddnt stop until i reached chapter 6..
  i dont know why i started it in such busy time with studying..
  i think am in luv with it..
  may b i can prove my english by starting to read english novels.. i mean written in english coz this novel is in Afghanistan..
  
  until know, i liked the little details describing the places and space. also, showing the real emotional feelings in the childhood relation between hassan and amir.
  
  to be cont.
  
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  May

  Disappointing...
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  Reading With Tatiana

  Read this book in high school and it left such an impact of me as it was my first book dealing with heavy topics.
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  Anintya Novitasari

  A touching novel about friendship, fraternity, and betrayal. Amir and Hassan were always together, they were just like two peas in a pod. Soo much days they spent together, including chasing the kite. But one day, Amir became a coward since he decided to run when Hassan was in a danger. For several years, Amir had forgot about that accident until it came back again and disturbed his mind. So let’s see how Amir could pay his guiltiness to Hasan by reading this supernovel !!!
  Hmmm…When you’re reading this, better you’re in lonely situation in order to get the mood..
  
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  DinaTheHyena

  A story about faith, hope, courage, loyalty, love, secrets, war, peace, and most of all friendship & brotherhood.
  I loved every chapter of it. The tragedy, the little things in it made me thirsty for more. And my favorite quote is "for you a thousand times over."
  My favorite character's Hassan needless to say, and Amir wasn't bad after all.
  The author's way of telling the story was perfect, a must read book.
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  Desi Anita

  Berbeda dari teman2 yg lain..
  aku ternyata ga banyak menangis waktu membaca buku ini.
  Yg ada malah pikiranku melayang2..menggugat...mengajukan banyak pertanyaan..
  apa iya taliban itu sebusuk itu..
  kenapa antara sunni dan syiah harus selalu seperti itu..
  kenapa..dan kenapa..
  mungkin karena banyaknya pertanyaan..
  aku kurang merasa sentuhannya
  kurang merasakan kekuatannya :(
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  Ikhda

  Remind me the story of "Children of Heaven".
  This is the perfect book telling about friendship in faith.
  Learning the braveness, learning about friendship..
  My tears go down, they miss Heaven.
  Subhanallah..
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  Matteo Guglielmi

  This is the most emotionally effective book i have ever read really touches deep into your feelings.
  I don't think anyone can beat hosseini's writing style definately going to remember this book forever i loved the way hosseini describes the war through a kid's eyes
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  Traghunath

  Gripping, very candid...great characters.
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  Selvi Tamae

  Kite Runner. Khaled Hosseini. Berliani M. Nugrahani. Qanita
  9786024021290
  
  Bagi Baba, dosa terbesar adalah mencuri. Jika seseorang berbohong, artinya ia telah mencuri hak orang lain untuk menerima kebenaran. Jika seseorang membunuh, itu berarti ia telah mencuri kehidupan orang yang dibunuhnya. Nasihat-nasihat Baba inilah yang selalu diingat oleh Amir. Sementara bagi Amir, prestasi terbesarnya adalah ketika ia mendapatkan perhatian dari Baba, ayahnya. Sayangnya, bagaimanapun ia bersikap, perhatian dan cinta Baba justru lebih condong diberikan kepada Hassan, anak seorang pelayan Hazara.
  
  Sebagai seorang anak dari saudagar kaya, Amir memiliki semua hal yang diinginkan. Berbeda dengan Hassan yang memiliki banyak kekurangan. Namun demikian, keberadaan Hassan di sisi Amir selalu menjadi tameng penyelamat bagi Amir. Keberanian, kesetiaan, dan jiwa besar Hassan yang berbibir sumbing ini, membuat Baba selalu bangga kepadanya, meskipun ia adalah seorang Hazara.
  
  Membaca novel ini membuatku merasa sesak berkali-kali. Betapa penulis sukses menghadirkan sebuah suasana dengan latar tempat dan waktu yang membuat pembaca seolah berada dalam situasi tersebut. Jika kamu bertanya, tema apa yang diangkat dalam novel ini, terus terang, aku menemukan begitu banyak tema dan sudut pandang yang mampu ditawarkan dalam novel ini.
  
  Tema kemanusiaan dan "parenting" tentu menjadi salah satu fokus yang dapat dibahas. Dari segi sudut pandang, pembaca menemukan “angle” sejarah, demografi, sosial, politik, agama, geografi, suku, budaya, psikologi, linguistik, dan mungkin masih ada sudut pandang lain yang tidak tertangkap olehku.
  
  Berlatar waktu sejak sebelum invansi tentara Rusia di Afhgannistan, dilanjutkan dengan kehadiran Taliban yang mengakibatkan perang saudara, hingga masa kejadian pemboman Menara WTC di Amerika, turut mewarnai novel ini. Sejarah sosial politik pemisahan antara Suni dan Syiah sangat kental terasa. Bagiku, novel karya Khaled Hosseini ini adalah sebuah karya yang sangat kaya dan mencerdaskan. Sebuah karya yang seharusnya dapat memberikan banyak pencerahan bagi tiap generasi yang membacanya
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  Radhika Saimbi

  #qotd: Have you read this book??
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  **Book Review***
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  The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
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  Story, set in 1970s in Afghanistan and later in America is about the lives of two young boys reflecting love, greed, jealousy honour, guilt, fear and redemption they shared.
  
  Generally, I really don't prefer reading books on child abuse or childhood trauma, but this book which included all the above things had much more to give. I have 100 % loved the narration by the author, no frills..no extravagances just the hard brutal reality about what Afghanistan faced 30 years back.
  "Most of those people, he said, were either dead or in refugee camps in Pakistan. " And sometimes the dead are luckier", he said.
  I consider book was more about the personnel struggles and the guilt of not overcoming those hardships and expectations.
  " But I had driven Hassan and Ali out of the house. Was it too far- fetched to imagine that things might have turned out differently if I hadn't?" Amir thought.
  
  I admired how Khalied has asserted the fact about childhood, that it's so unfair to judge children on the basis of their behaviour and choices they make.
  Rahim Khan laughed. "Children aren't colouring books. You don't get to fill them with your favourite colours."
  
  When I read Malala's book I always wondered about Afghanistan and Swat Valley but this book has clearly given me the wisdom about the magnificence of the neighbourhood before the turmoil. I thoroughly enjoyed the book but due to its painful and violent content, I might not re-read this again.
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  And I surely believe that life always comes in a circle, that there is always an opportunity to be good again.
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  I retain just one complaint, why was the climax so outsized??
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  Valli muthuraj

  “For you a thousand times over “
  
  The kite runner is written by Khaled Hosseini. The story is about guilt, friendship, relationship between father and son , forgiveness , and betrayal.
  
  Amir and Hassan have grown together and they became friends . Hassan is very loyal to him and he always stands by Amir whenever he’s in problems. But Amir failed to make a Stand for Hassan when he was raped ,which hunted Amir for his whole life . Amir is always craved for his father love . He wanted to make a bond with his father . So he was so hard on himself to impress his father.
  
  Then Amir and his father flew to the USA. After his dead , Rahim khan made him come to his native where he get to know what happened to Hassan . Hassan death is totally heartbroken . Amir decided to help his child Sourabh to rectify his previous mistake .
  
  Sourabh part will make you cry. at this tiny age , he fed up with his life will make you heart break . I was crying for the Sourabh more than Hassan .
  
  Finally when Amir repeat those words “ for you a thousand times over “ to Sourabh is given me a peace . This book is full of life . This book will definitely make you cry .
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  Cassini

  Catatan: Aku membaca versi terjemahan ke Bahasa Indonesia.
  
  • buku ini mengandung banyak trigger warning seperti pembantaian hingga pelecehan seksual terhadap anak dibawah umur.
  • ceritanya berlatar belakang perang Soviet - Afghanistan dan perang Afghanistan (taliban)
  • bagian awal terasa biasa saja, semakin kebelakang terasa kelam.
  • sejujurnya pada saat membaca buku ini terutama bagian bab pertengahan sampai terakhir membuatku tercekat hingga berhenti sejenak, karena sangking shock dan sedihnya.
  • meski ini hanya fiksi, aku berharap sohrab bisa bahagia dan menerima kehidupannya saat ini.
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  Leyla

  [The Kite Runner]...tells that the forces of violence still dominate in some/every corner of the world today,it's likely to be noticed but it starts within a human's soul stained by too much fear of bein unaccepted,the cravings for love or hunger for greed and all form of darkness there is...if only it could be counteracted with love and compassion,perhaps there will be no more Amir and Hassan today,who both have a different metric of tragic and yet a redeeming story of betrayal and salvation to tell. 📖🤍
  
  
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  محيميد زينب

  الرواية موجعة موجعة موجعة. ولكن على كمية الوجع يكمن جمالها
  هي من الروايات التي علقت بذاكرتي. وتعلقت الاحداث أكثر في ذكراتي ٌ وعندما شاهدتٌ الفيلم يحمل نفس عنوان الرواية ويجسد احدثها
  ومازلت اتتذوق طعمها رائع كلما رايتٌ أطفال يلعبون بالطائرة الورقية يأخذني الخيال إلى شخصيات الرواية فأصبغ الشخصيات بالاطفال الذين يلعبون. وأتسال أيهما يناسب شخصية الطفل أمير في الرواية وأيهما يناسب شخصيه حسان صديق أمير
  
  
  
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  Tyra

  "Amir, the socially legitimate half, the half that represented the riches he had inherited and the sin-with-impunity privileges that came with them." pg 263
  "After all, life is not a Hindi movie... Afghans like to say: Life goes on, unmindful of beginning, end, crisis or catharsis, moving forward a slow dusty caravan of kochis."pg 312
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  Courtney Koon

  Marvellous plot, smooth changes that brings surprises one after one until the end. I was quite addicted to reading it when I think about “Going home to read Kite Runner” when I leave work or it’s the first thing in my hands during a weekend morning.
  
  Haven’t been reading a book that brings me tears for a while.
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  Aad van der Klaauw

  Beautiful and emotional story about the childhood, the friend Hassan, the country where the author was born, Afghanistan. The secrets, the emotions, the discrimination of the Hazaras, the cruel Taliban. the escape and the new life in the US. I can recommend this story. A musthave.
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  Kendra Castaneda

  This book is amazing! I could not put it down, it made me feel so many emotions. It is so easy to follow along. I highly recommend
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  Jimmy

  Muy buen libro