B. Doris D. (Frenchie300) reviewed on 5/24/2015 + 6 more book reviews

The integration of so many well know themes: rich vs poor, religious and class conflict, good vs. evil and so many more in an exquisitely well written first novel blows one away for about the first 200 hundred pages. Unfortunately, once the two main characters; Baba and Amir flee Afghanistan and eventually end up in California both the poetic beauty of the writing and the complexity of the plot begin to unravel into what so many other reviewers see as a soap opera. It seems that Hosseini has lost his way and can't quite figure out how to reveal Amir's attempt at redemption.

Having said that this is still a book worth reading.

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