I definitely wasn’t sure what to expect from this book. It seemed as though some critics felt like it was billed as a Muslim book, and then were upset that the religion wasn’t focused on more. I was interested to see what the truth was.
First of all, this was an entertaining (yet somewhat unrealistic) book. 18 year old Amir flies off for a summer in Rome by himself, basically running away from his family when the threat of being outed at graduation happens. He makes his own money, and his family has no idea where he is.
His situations and the people he meets all end up being benevolent, and the main conflict in the story is coming out to his Persian family. Now, religion isn’t focused on, nor talked about more than a few passing comments. However, I saw his family as more Culturally homophobic due to the stereotypes of the Persian culture. It does address the cultural differences and difficulties sufficiently.
I enjoyed the book. It was a quick read for an adult, and moved fast. Some of the situations were a little unrealistic, and I downgraded my score due to that.
First of all, this was an entertaining (yet somewhat unrealistic) book. 18 year old Amir flies off for a summer in Rome by himself, basically running away from his family when the threat of being outed at graduation happens. He makes his own money, and his family has no idea where he is.
His situations and the people he meets all end up being benevolent, and the main conflict in the story is coming out to his Persian family. Now, religion isn’t focused on, nor talked about more than a few passing comments. However, I saw his family as more Culturally homophobic due to the stereotypes of the Persian culture. It does address the cultural differences and difficulties sufficiently.
I enjoyed the book. It was a quick read for an adult, and moved fast. Some of the situations were a little unrealistic, and I downgraded my score due to that.