Yay, I finally read Kite Runner... I am actually on the second to last chapter right now! And I can tell you: This book has captivated me. Not decapitated ;)
I personally always have issues with the main character. He or she is always perfect, flawless in the eye of the author. Most of the time this character thinks about himself (or herself) very low, though. It freaks me out. That's why my favourite characters always come from the main character's environment, and often it is his or her enemy that I truly adore! ;)
In The Kite Runner, Amir narrates his own life. All the corny stuff that makes him so loveable is omitted. I actually despised him after chapter seven, up to chapter eighteen(and this is what amazes me). I never, ever despised a major character of a book in that way because of what the person actually did rather than what the author has made of him or her.
The book is als not tangled in difficult political issues, like some WW II books I have read before. It is not entirley about the war (or cold war) in Afghanistan (which is what I first thought when I heard about The Kite Runner). There is only so much information that the reader knows who is good and who is evil.The interested reader can google for more details on the internet. Even the time period of the war can be drawn form Amir's story.
Speaking of books: Today in French Mme Brault declared that she does not intend to teach us anymore until the end of this school year, but rather let us read another book... Thus, I started reading it, and -Oh My God!-why are all of the French books so cliché and predictable?? Want an example?
The girl in the book sees her crush standing in the hallway but does not dare to talk to him. Then she looks away, and the next moment she looks his way, he is gone. She is frustrated about letting her chance pass by... But: Look at that! She turns around and bumps into that boy of her dreams (turns out he's freshly imported from California, just moved to the region, just like her). And what does he do? He apologizes for running into her, she stutters, he flirts, invites her to eat lunch with him, and on top of that, both discover that their fathers have the same flaw of wanting to know exactly who the other one is hanging out with all the time... Tadah! I can hear the bells! One day he'll have to introduce her to his family, they'll go to prom together, and they'll live happily ever after... after they successfully solve a murder, of course ^^
...and something I also noticed (for everybody wo is in my French and L.A. class): The Germans are always the bad guys! ;)
I personally always have issues with the main character. He or she is always perfect, flawless in the eye of the author. Most of the time this character thinks about himself (or herself) very low, though. It freaks me out. That's why my favourite characters always come from the main character's environment, and often it is his or her enemy that I truly adore! ;)
In The Kite Runner, Amir narrates his own life. All the corny stuff that makes him so loveable is omitted. I actually despised him after chapter seven, up to chapter eighteen(and this is what amazes me). I never, ever despised a major character of a book in that way because of what the person actually did rather than what the author has made of him or her.
The book is als not tangled in difficult political issues, like some WW II books I have read before. It is not entirley about the war (or cold war) in Afghanistan (which is what I first thought when I heard about The Kite Runner). There is only so much information that the reader knows who is good and who is evil.The interested reader can google for more details on the internet. Even the time period of the war can be drawn form Amir's story.
Speaking of books: Today in French Mme Brault declared that she does not intend to teach us anymore until the end of this school year, but rather let us read another book... Thus, I started reading it, and -Oh My God!-why are all of the French books so cliché and predictable?? Want an example?
The girl in the book sees her crush standing in the hallway but does not dare to talk to him. Then she looks away, and the next moment she looks his way, he is gone. She is frustrated about letting her chance pass by... But: Look at that! She turns around and bumps into that boy of her dreams (turns out he's freshly imported from California, just moved to the region, just like her). And what does he do? He apologizes for running into her, she stutters, he flirts, invites her to eat lunch with him, and on top of that, both discover that their fathers have the same flaw of wanting to know exactly who the other one is hanging out with all the time... Tadah! I can hear the bells! One day he'll have to introduce her to his family, they'll go to prom together, and they'll live happily ever after... after they successfully solve a murder, of course ^^
...and something I also noticed (for everybody wo is in my French and L.A. class): The Germans are always the bad guys! ;)
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