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I have been on a real emotional roller coaster with this book. soooo heart breaking...yoooo!! Mariam and Laila have both been through soooo much. The spirit of a woman may be bent but never broken. This is such a beautifully written book. Khaled Hosseini has done it again!
They say that “Timing is everything.” Well, I think I am a victim of bad timing regarding the reading of this book. I really enjoy the work of Khaled Hosseini, but this book for me was just ‘ok’. The characters were straight forward and perhaps a bit simplistic. This book is also emotional. You could not escape feeling some sadness or anger. But these emotions felt a bit forced or like manipulation. Some sections seemed a bit preachy. But overall, this is an enjoyable book about an unlikely frie
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I do not even have words to describe how wonderful this book was.
I purposely tried to read the last 50 pages extra slowly, just so that I won't have to ever finish this book.
For the first time, I almost cried at the end of the book, because of the marvelous characters, the meaning and importance of love in a warstruck environment.
Hosseini's depiction of Afghanistan finally gave me an insight of this place, a place whose inhabitants are only ever portrayed as 'savages' in the media, whereas, they ...more
I purposely tried to read the last 50 pages extra slowly, just so that I won't have to ever finish this book.
For the first time, I almost cried at the end of the book, because of the marvelous characters, the meaning and importance of love in a warstruck environment.
Hosseini's depiction of Afghanistan finally gave me an insight of this place, a place whose inhabitants are only ever portrayed as 'savages' in the media, whereas, they ...more
Jun 26, 2019
Jacqueline
marked it as to-read
Jan 08, 2016
Ntombezinhle Nzama
marked it as to-read
Apr 25, 2017
Prince Mondise
marked it as to-read
