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It's a book that change your life and the way you look at the history of Afghanistan... This book has been and incredible incentive for me to make some research on the development process in this middle east country and the way gender relations and religion can affect economic growth. I strongly recommend the reading of this book.
Also, the way Hosseini writes is amazing! He can make you jump, cry and be exited just with words... you can actually see it in your mind.
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There are far better writers here than myself to explain what this book is about and why it is so special. But I just needed to say that this is one of the few books that made me cry uncontrollably when I finished it. It is truly the very essence of what it means to "pay respects" to one we have lost. I walked around wide awake for days and look forward to reading it again. A highly moving story that exposes the burdens that compassionate, dutiful women have had to carry for misguided patriarchal thinking and behavior, not only in islamic societies but all and everywhere.
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I personally enjoyed "A Thousand Splendid Suns" more so than "The Kite Runner." This could have something to do with the fact that I read his second bestseller first, or maybe that I have some personal experience that linked me to the characters. Either way, there's a lot of people who would disagree with me.
However, many of those who disagree do so because they were semi-expecting "A Thousand Splendid Suns" to be the same. Clearly, Hosseini's choice of characters in his second book affected the storytelling. Amir's voice is not the same as those of the women in this novel, which I assume would affect the tone and writing. Also, "A Thousand Splendid Suns" tries to develop several characters (Mariam and Laila) in different time periods, unlike "The Kite Runner," where the main focus throughout the entirety of novel is on Amir and Hassan.
Predictable as this book might be, it is far from being cheesy and it truly touches the heartstrings. I began reading this to pass a few hours on a transatlantic flight and I was unable to put the book down it was so good. Needless to say, I arrived at my destination completely sleep-deprived. It as a gripping and depressing story, but in my opinion, a very in-depth glimpse into that type of hardship and the unseen effects of war on the human spirit and on culture.
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I usually read a couple of books a week. This is my favorite book I have ever read. Such a touching well written story. It made me cry hard. It also made me feel happy. I really could not put it down and i keep rereading it.
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This is another masterpiece by Khaled Hosseini. Wonderfully written, the story of Mariam and Laila must be very much alike many other Afghanian women. I strongly recommend it.
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