Given that this book deals with the heady topics of sex and religion, it was a surprisingly light, fun and easy to read story. That is not to say that it belittles these themes at all, far from it. What keeps it the right side of positive is the perfectly timed humour and the humanity that runs through it - I have, on the face of it, nothing in common with Amir but I could relate to him so much.
The story is mainly set in Italy and I would guess that the author is deeply in love with the country - it is described so richly and with such reverence that I ached to be there. I wanted to find this ragtag group of people who had become his family and be enveloped by them so that I too could feel as accepted and at ease as Amir did.
The style of writing was interesting; it's centred around Amir recounting what has happened to him since he decided to run away rather than be outed by blackmail to his Muslim family to an airport security guard, and is interspersed with the interrogation his family is undergoing at the same time in different rooms. this gives you the supporting characters perspectives whilst not detracting from the main point of view, that of Amir.
The story is mainly set in Italy and I would guess that the author is deeply in love with the country - it is described so richly and with such reverence that I ached to be there. I wanted to find this ragtag group of people who had become his family and be enveloped by them so that I too could feel as accepted and at ease as Amir did.
The style of writing was interesting; it's centred around Amir recounting what has happened to him since he decided to run away rather than be outed by blackmail to his Muslim family to an airport security guard, and is interspersed with the interrogation his family is undergoing at the same time in different rooms. this gives you the supporting characters perspectives whilst not detracting from the main point of view, that of Amir.