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And the Mountains Echoed

Khaled Hosseini

Start date: June 18, 2013

Finish date: July 31, 2013

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Dec 20, 2013 Antonia rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: i-own, historical-fiction

Πολύ καλό βιβλίο με όμορφη γραφή αλλά όχι τόσο δυνατή πλοκή. Δεν είμαι και τόσο σίγουρη αν θέλω να διαβάσω τα υπόλοιπα βιβλία του συγκεκριμένου συγγραφέα. Ίσως στο μέλλον όταν θα έχω όρεξη για ιστορική φαντασία τέτοιου είδους. :)

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Aug 03, 2014 Paras rated it liked it

Humans have flaws. Even the most selfless ones. This book tells stories of people from different worlds intertwined with the relation of either blood or simple humanity; filled with remorse, sympathy,love and flaws. And may be it does not matter what flaws we might have, but it does matter when we begin using them against us.

Although I did not agree upon many of the points of view of the author regarding the situation in Afghanistan (Taliban, Mujahideen or Afghan government) but the way it ended ...more

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Jan 07, 2014 Norma rated it really liked it

I really enjoyed this book, though there were so many characters I could hardly keep them straight (this is where the x-ray feature on my kindle really came in handy). I liked the characters and could picture and feel them, however, they got old too quickly. I would have liked to see more of their lives, Pari, Abdulla, as they grew up without each other. The cultural background was very interesting. All in all it was a good story about family and the power of love. I teared up a little at the en ...more

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Aug 18, 2013 Alka rated it really liked it

Shelves: e-book

Again a beautiful interwoven story. I was initially wary of reading Hosseni, his stories are so heart-rendingly tragic but this one was surprisingly gentle. It doesnt have absolute blackness of character or paralysing despair. Life goes on despite the losses n challenges. It didnt bring Afganistan alive as his other books had done. But i was kind of relieved to have read this one n felt like chiding myself for avoiding it for so long.

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