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Elizabeth
Feb 27, 2013 rated it it was amazing
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Kara
Sep 05, 2010 rated it it was amazing
After reading the Kite Runner, I was very excited to jump into A Thousand Splendid Suns. It was better and more of a story than I was expecting above and beyond the Kite Runner. The characters, scenes, and dialogue were even more compeling, vivid and unforgetable. Like the Kite Runner, this book has opened by eyes to a part of the world that is much to simplified by modern media. I look forward to reading the other books recommended in the Bloomsbury reader guide about Afghanistan and certainly ...more
Erin (NY)
Aug 13, 2009 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
What a wonderful book! It made me totally get into the head of both of the main characters. It was not quite as good as The Kite Runner, but showed what the life was like for two women about the same time in Afghanistan. I could relate to both of them even though their circumstances were drastically different from my own, which is why the book is so wonderful. I highly recommend it to anyone! ...more
Kristen Iworsky
Nov 13, 2007 rated it it was amazing
I think I may like this even more than the Kite Runner, but it's a toss up. He is an amazing author, and I find the stories he creates fascinating. I couldn't stop reading this book, and finished it in a few days. ...more
Katie
Dec 13, 2007 rated it really liked it
this was a good story that kept me interested. i don't really have much to say beyond that. ...more
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