So, I'm about 100 pages into The Kite Runner
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So, I'm about 100 pages into The Kite Runner
. . . and I'm slightly disturbed. This is a really engrossing story, but there are certain plot twists (that I won't get into for fear of spoiling it for someone else) that truly bothered me. Those who have read it know what I'm talking about . . . The main character has just turned 18 in the story. I'll see where it goes.
By the way, I never made it to my book club meeting - I didn't finish it in time!
By the way, I never made it to my book club meeting - I didn't finish it in time!
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Sure
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I'm not kidding . . . I'm really gonna reveal stuff, I swear . . . .
Okay. The thing that disturbed me the most was what happened to Hassan in the alley. First off, that is the second book IN A ROW (:wtf) where that happens to a boy. But, what made this so disturbing is that it was one child doing it to another child. That is truly sick.
Oh, and how one father killed himself after his son died during their refuge from Afghanistan. That also made me very sick.
Spoilers Ahead!
Consider yourself warned . . .
I'm not kidding . . . I'm really gonna reveal stuff, I swear . . . .
Okay. The thing that disturbed me the most was what happened to Hassan in the alley. First off, that is the second book IN A ROW (:wtf) where that happens to a boy. But, what made this so disturbing is that it was one child doing it to another child. That is truly sick.
Oh, and how one father killed himself after his son died during their refuge from Afghanistan. That also made me very sick.
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No spoilers for me. I've read the book!
I think I interpret from your posts that you're shocked that those scenes even appear in books at all. The scenes certainly weren't being glorified. This stuff does exist, and I think it's important that it's acknowledged, so people can learn from it.
That's not to say that I didn't feel horrible for Hassan.
I think I interpret from your posts that you're shocked that those scenes even appear in books at all. The scenes certainly weren't being glorified. This stuff does exist, and I think it's important that it's acknowledged, so people can learn from it.
That's not to say that I didn't feel horrible for Hassan.
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I haven't read the book and don't intend to, but are you saying that you dislike books that include suicide? I can understand being saddened by suicide, but not the point that you would go out of your way to avoid it in books. Isn't the whole point of a book to gain exposure to a different life?Lady Bug wrote:
Oh, and how one father killed himself after his son died during their refuge from Afghanistan. That also made me very sick.
In my junior year of high school, I wrote a poem about a middle-aged man who looks back on his life, decides it was a failure, and shoots himself. My teacher wrote "TRITE" across the top of it, in big letters and underlined
No, no . . . I'm not criticizing the fact that it was included in the book. Those things happen and are part of life. Rather, I'm just sad that it happened at all and that the characters went through such hard times that led them to those actions . . . .
Cathy, I can't believe your teacher wrote "TRITE" over your essay. Shoot, I would've called the school psych to make sure you're alright! *lol*
Cathy, I can't believe your teacher wrote "TRITE" over your essay. Shoot, I would've called the school psych to make sure you're alright! *lol*
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