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I think I expected too much out of this book and was disappointed . The story line started well and then I think it went rambling. But the writing style was good and was able to read it. I think i expected it to be pulsating like The Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns.
Abdullah and Pari are siblings who have a unusual bond . Due to their poverty their father has to give Pari away. Abdullah never gets over losing his sister. There is a parallel story of Pari being adopted by a couple whose r ...more
Abdullah and Pari are siblings who have a unusual bond . Due to their poverty their father has to give Pari away. Abdullah never gets over losing his sister. There is a parallel story of Pari being adopted by a couple whose r ...more

I think this author is a great writer. However, I just couldn't get into the book the way I wanted to.
At the beginning I really liked it. I thought, wow, I'm going to love this book. I loved the story about the Div and then when the story went on about the dad going to find his son and the decision he had to make whether to take his son back or leave him there.
Then the story went off in another direction for me and I just couldn't get into it. I read some of it and listened to some of it on au ...more
At the beginning I really liked it. I thought, wow, I'm going to love this book. I loved the story about the Div and then when the story went on about the dad going to find his son and the decision he had to make whether to take his son back or leave him there.
Then the story went off in another direction for me and I just couldn't get into it. I read some of it and listened to some of it on au ...more

And the Mountains Echoed by Khaled Hosseini. Slow to start but once I got into the read, I couldn't put it down. The author of the acclaimed Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns creates another epic story!
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