The Kite Runner
Khaled Hosseini · Finished September 2026
Verdict: Loved it
Passages
✱ch. 7
“For you, a thousand times over.”
Margin note: Hassan says it running for the kite. Hits harder when it comes back at the end.
✱Ch.1
“There is a way to be good again.”
Margin note: the whole book hangs on this line
“I became what I am today at the age of twelve…”
Ch. 1
why does Amir never just tell Baba? come back after ch. 9
Ch. 8
the slingshot echo feels too neat to me
Ch. 22
“buzkashi: horseback game, riders fight over a goat carcass”
“Hazara: Hassan's people, a persecuted minority”
Reflection
Still unsure about
Whether Amir's rescue of Sohrab is atonement, or just the first honest thing he's done.
Who I'd give it to
Anyone who has left something unsaid for too long.