By Khaled Hosseini
3.9/5
Written by the author of the bestselling book : The Kite Runner, A Thousand Splendid Suns is the story of two women's desperate struggle against life. The book basically opens with the story of a girl named, Mariam, who lives in a kolba in the outskirts of Herat. Mariam lives with her mother and she is the bastard of wealthy businessman Jalil, he visits her every week and loves her very much. Mariam is then married off to a shoemaker, Rasheed, from Kabul who is 30 years older than her, shortly after her 15th birthday under unfortunate circumstances.Mariam suddenly entering a completely different phase in life is overwhelmed and looks ahead living life with her husband but soon Rasheed portrays his true self and makes her life a living hell.
The Book's second part consists of the story of a girl named Laila in Kabul. Laila is a normal school going girl and spends the majority of her time spending with her best friend Tariq, at first their relationship is just running and and playing but soon turns into something serious with their growing ages.
An extremely well crafted book that will move you to the very core and possess you.
Another classic written by Hosseini that is certainly his best of works portraying the main role of Taliban in the destruction of Afghanistan.
Mariam and Laila's struggle through life will keep you emotionally intrigued and literally bring you on the verge of tears.
The only flaw with the book is that the summary and the epilogue in the book both highlight Taliban's role but in the book the Taliban had very short role and that too in the near end whereas the best part of the book was centered on Mariam and Laila's life in home, nonetheless a very very good book.
My favorite part of the book is when Laila decides to name the baby girl Mariam.
Reviewed by,
Moiz Khan.
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