When I first started reading this book I was like “Oh great, another boring book we have to read for class,” but as I got further into the book, I couldn’t put it down. Out of 5 I would rate this book a 4.5 because it’s a big page turner. I strongly recommend it, especially since I am a sixteen year old high school student.
As you read you find out that Amir, an Afghani boy from Kabul, doesn’t have a very good relationship with his father, Baba, who is a rich Afghani. He reaches for his father’s attention and that leads to trouble in the winter of 1975. Amir’s childhood friend, Hassan, who is a Hazara and his father Ali, also had important roles in the incident in the winter of 1975.
In the beginning of the book it starts off in the present and he kind of says how his life is so different because of his childhood in Afghanistan. Then it takes you back to his childhood so you can figure out what happened in the winter of 1975. The secret Amir carries through the story makes him want to do better when he moves to California with his father. While in California he marries and is a successful writer and is happy with his life. Until a call comes from Afghanistan and he is brought back to try to do good again.
I think this would be a really good book for high school students. They should learn that they can always try and do good again, and not to give up and hold things in and talk it out with people or you will end up hurting others when you don’t want to.
If you have time to read it I definitely would this is one of those books where you connect with the characters and you cry and laugh out loud. I thought this book was amazing I loved it.