Fantastic, poignant - get ready to get angry This is a magnificent story of the plight of women in Afghanistan, both before, during and after the Taliban. It traces the story of Mariam and Laila, both from very different background, but both finding themselves living without freedom, with constant violence and with nothing but their love for one another and the dream of a better life to keep them going. Books such as this are essential reading because so many of us are ignorant to the every day lives of people living in a war torn country such as... more info
a thousand slendid suns a truly splendid read i loved this book, i read the kite runner first and thought it would struggle to be as good, it was different and in my opinion better, the plot has been covered here by other reviewers but i cried at the end, it showed just how futile life can be for women in afghanistan and how the choices are taken, how brutal life can be, i would recommend highly
Really brilliant I hesitated to read Hosseini's work until I could no longer ignore recommendations. If The Kite Runner is excellent, then A Thousand Splendid Suns is brilliant. It's a moving story of two Afghan women, their personal tragedies and the tragedy of their country descending into enduring conflict. But hope and love endure as well. A must read.
An emotional read A Thousand Splendid Suns left me emotionally drained - but in a good way! I had tears rolling down my cheeks for the last couple of chapters. Although I had a couple of very minor gripes (for instance, I don't think it was fully explored why Mariam felt so hostile to Lalia at first given what a tyrant she was married to) this book certainly affected me on a very deep level. There were certain descriptions that have stuck in my mind as being so simple but so powerful. Hosseini is a great story teller and a... more info
