tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31751363.post115932340422696725..comments2023-09-03T05:22:02.754-04:00Comments on morsie reads: The Kite Runnerkaren!http://www.blogger.com/profile/03020530163370836712noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31751363.post-1159476947699163152006-09-28T16:55:00.000-04:002006-09-28T16:55:00.000-04:00I think the authentic feel has to do with the auti...I think the authentic feel has to do with the autiobiographical nature of the work. *wink*Susan Helene Gottfriedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12778191943289129869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31751363.post-1159389340073397862006-09-27T16:35:00.000-04:002006-09-27T16:35:00.000-04:00Everyone in the book club loved the book, but we a...Everyone in the book club loved the book, but we all agreed that it wasn't an easy book to read.<BR/><BR/>Mostly we talked about how authentic the book feels and about Amir and his actions and his development through the course of the novel.<BR/><BR/>We also had an interesting discussion about the lack of female characters in the book.<BR/><BR/>I'll try to see if I can come up with some coherent comments of my own to post on the blog. I may be a wimp though and give up too easily.karen!https://www.blogger.com/profile/03020530163370836712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31751363.post-1159380634197347752006-09-27T14:10:00.000-04:002006-09-27T14:10:00.000-04:00I had a very similar reaction to The Kite Runner. ...I had a very similar reaction to The Kite Runner. For me, it was that the brutality was SO real, SO close... that scene with the Taliban, for instance (it's near the end; you may not have gotten there yet). I mean, that was just a few years ago that that stuff was happening!<BR/><BR/>We read it over a year ago and it still makes me uncomfortable.Susan Helene Gottfriedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12778191943289129869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31751363.post-1159372005409817562006-09-27T11:46:00.000-04:002006-09-27T11:46:00.000-04:00would love to read about the discussions at you bo...would love to read about the discussions at you book club regarding this book. I am only half way through it, but love it so far....If you write about it in your blog, I will definatly come a lookingNMZhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15314530030243833726noreply@blogger.com