Instruct: Classify a review into positive or negative sentiment.
Query: Two-Thirds Great

In the first third of THE KITE RUNNER, Khaled Hosseini grabs his readers then forces their senses to experience the Afghanistan of the narrator's youth. Wonderful. The second third takes place in America, there the color seems to leave Hosseini's writing. Was this intentional, a way to illustrate the narrator's new life? If so, it wasn't obvious, and a bit pale. The final third is fast paced and exciting; the narrator has to act on his choices... now... before he loses his nerve. He has to visit Afghanistan's present and HIS past. The ending was fine, but I wish Hosseini had left it tattered--to reflect the conditions in Afghanistan.Read THE KITE RUNNER. See the movie. Both are sure to provide sensory feasts.