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A Thousand Splendid Suns

Khaled Hosseini

Start date: July 1, 2015

Finish date: July 31, 2015

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Jan 28, 2014 Jyoti Arora rated it it was amazing

A book written in plain and simple language, yet it is one of the hardest books I have read. Once I actually stopped reading and did not dare to pick it up again for twenty days. And even when I resumed reading, I almost gave it up three times because the pain I foresaw ahead felt much too hard to bear.
The book has a powerful story and alive and believable characters. Excellently written. But it belongs to the list of books that I admire, but probably won't dare to read again. ...more

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Jan 19, 2013 Hajarath Prasad Abburu rated it it was amazing

Better than The Kite Runner, that says it all..!!!!

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Feb 14, 2016 Mohitha rated it really liked it

Shelves: favs, bsby

Very captivting book, ofcourse a page turner. Reading this book felt like i am in the midst of an Afgan war, facing all the struggles. We can see not just male domination but the enslavement and toil of women, where the feminism is silent or kept silent. The war, its effects on civilians and its after effects are depicted beautifully. Now a fan of Khaled Hosseini. :)

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Nov 23, 2015 Suchit Meshram rated it really liked it

A Thousand Splendid Suns: With thousands of emotions spread across, as the name suggests it, this story is trying to deliver a peek view to the conditions of Afghanistan and the plight of its women and children and what the Taliban war has done to them. It also compares what was there before. It captures the 30 year war history from 1970s to 2000s as seen from a poor commoner who has no access to what is happening in the world and hasn't traveled more than 2 KM from her house. From being less th ...more

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Jun 09, 2013 Maira rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: contemporary-read-ya

this was a good book, the characters and the theme was beautifully described in the book but that's not the only thiing defining the book. something was missing in it that made me give it 3 stars. ...more

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