A review by ewolf
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini

challenging dark emotional slow-paced
  • Loveable characters? No

3.5

TW: pedophilia, rape, sexual harassment, self harm, death, lose of a parent, xenophobia, war  

Rating reflects more that contemporary isn't something that I enjoy, and there are touchy parts in it that make it hard to read. 
HIGHLY recommend looking up trigger warnings before reading. It isn't a light and fluffy story. 
Author does go in detail about the harsher thing that occur to the people. 

There is a lot that occurs to the main character and those around him. Actually felt for the side characters, and that the MC is definitely questionable in caring about others. I know that he wasn't written to be a liked person, and the author did really good job of it.