I read a book..omg I read a book :O
*thunder calls*...lol ok, exaggerated dramatization, only because I'm not much of a reader. Being cursed with insomnia (don't smirk) you eventually start humbling down on what you can be picky about. Yeah, sounds like the remedy for every spoiled person doesn't it; but it's just a compulsion so lets not get excited. Anyways, one of the things you resort to when you can't sleep at night like normal people (are said to) is picking up that book that stares at you (and looks totally blah) on your book shelf because you never read it and it's always there lol wow not much content in my justifications but it got me somewhere; I ended up reading a book :). Anyways, didn't turn out so bad, and I read it in two nights actually; my initiative to review it on goodreads on a morning when I clearly didn't have much to do led me to blogging it. I didn't care much about expressing why I would or wouldn't recommend the book; I don't really care what you read. It was more what I liked about the theme of it and how it relates to something I see in the world as a passerby. Yes, I just called myself a passerby lol no false hopes here :P
The Kite Runner by
Khaled Hosseini
My rating:
4 of 5 stars
Took my time picking this book up; I avoid hyped books but after staring at it for years on my book shelf and being under a the spell of Insomnia I gave in to reading it to kill my time. I think it did more than kill time, because I genuinely found interest in what was progressing.
I would say the best aspect of the book is the diplomacy in it's theme and commentary. It is set in an Islamic country; yes it mentioned the brutality of the Taliban who tout their tortures in the name of this religion. But Hosseini did not use the misguidance of the Taliban alone to sum up the Islamic existence. He showed the Islam that others, who are indeed peace-loving, practiced and found simple happiness from. The character of Hassan and his father, undoubtedly the most humble and harmless of Afghan characters in the book were devout followers of the religion; thus as an American writer I appreciated Hosseini's approach to showing all the faces of the religion. The irony of belief was an interesting one too. Hassan being a devouted believer, died brutally at the hands of the Taliban, the supposed "devotees" of the same religion he worshipped in Afghanistan. Amir on the other hand, not holding much belief in it, coupled with his father's ignorance of Islam, found solace near the end in it's path. The irony that you can't be too sure of your belief in a way that you block possibilities out; as that same belief can harm you (whether because of other people or misuse; and because anything is possible.
On a side note, for a hardcore irony of belief theme, read
Swallows of Kabul; since that revolves around religion and where the belief and disbelief leads the characters.
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This is my first blog post. I started it with a measly "book review" because that's what gave me the idea of blogging anything actually. But you know when you read something, and then you "agree" or "disagree" with it? And it's innate in you to want to share it with someone? Well sometimes you find no reason to tell a person that "hey, I read this and this and found that it follows my philosophy of this and this-" no, that's a little too random lol and unless you know who'd specifically care to know it, it's best you write it out somewhere on the internet and find the solace in it being shared-even if with no one reading it. Hey, the portal's been opened :P. Anyways, before I make even less sense, after finishing the book, the first thing I thought about was my philosophy..on anything and everything. I've always been stuck in a realm of in-between. The grey area. Most things regarding life and feelings don't have a definite answer that WE are capable of stating with all knowing knowledge. Notice how I said "that we are capable.." ..there probably is an answer and whoever created me knows it. But face it; I don't know. And you probably don't either because nothing divine has "come down" and spoke to either of us in a dream or state of meditation lmao now I'm making myself laugh really hard, rolling cheetos here with my dialogue :P..ok back to point; well, it is everything; and then it is nothing. That realization is always in my mind. Anything...a feeling...a doubt...how it manifests in us and the value of it in our life and conscience. "It is everything; and it is nothing." We can't survive without it-whatever it is we refer to. And at the same time...we can't idolize it or hold it above anything else in life. Because in the same breath; it is everything; and then it is nothing. That kind of introduces you to how I am..and how I think. What question and philosophy always lingers when I am asked of an opinion; or when I look at the world around me, and life, and people, and all else...it is confusion of sorts lol.
My name is Afsana. And it was nice blogging to you XO
