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coconutberry
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03-08-2011, 10:13 PM
Copy-pasting from a thread I made that was exactly the same as this. I didn't see this thread before making it, oops.
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So far, in my class, we've read The Kite Runner, Purple Hibiscus, and The Alchemist.
I really liked The Kite Runner. I didn't really have any knowledge of Afghanistan before reading it, so it gave me a bit of an idea about what's going on there. (It also helped that we were learning about Afghanistan at the same time in World Cultures, so they kind of tied into each other.) I've heard people say that The Kite Runner was very depressing, but I didn't think so: the ending implied that there was still hope. I think it was more bittersweet than depressing.
I didn't particularly care for Purple Hibiscus. Kambili was, in my opinion, a really annoying main character. She had no personality whatsoever. (I know that was the point, but still...It's not exactly very interesting to read.) I think that, if it was about her brother, it would have been much better.
I absolutely loved The Alchemist. The writing style was kind of odd, but it was a really sweet story. This book had an almost artistic quality to me.
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