this book is easy to read. i liked the writing and the characters in the first 1/3 of the book.

i have no sympathy for the protagonist. i can’t believe that he only decided to go rescue hassan’s son after he finds out that hassan is his brother by blood. that is so weaksauce…. amir jan you gotta be kidding me. his indolence makes me furious sometimes. if i were baba i’d be disappointed in him too.

it is a very exciting and riveting tale, i guess… fates often intertwine, melodramatic coincidences push the story forward. but i don’t think it’s the book to read if you are looking for a perspective on afghan history. those parts were often skimmed over. i found the more domestic acts (like his whole love story with soraya, and his idle days in america) a chore to read. maybe this is a cultural thing but i wish there was more internal character development for the protag to show how he’s changed since he was 13. to me, amir doesn’t even really have a personality, he’s just some spineless privileged chode who continually lucks out in life and runs away from his problems, except for the one time he doesn’t at the end. god damnnnn, i hate how they made the big uh oh sociopath villain the same guy that assaulted hassan when they were kids. how convenient, now amir can bury his demons!…..

P.S i really loved baba, he reminds me of my mom. i would like to stand up for what i believe in, too. even in the face of death.