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just_a_city_gorl's review against another edition
- I’m not strong enough. I physically cannot read this book.
qirhh's review against another edition
dark
emotional
informative
inspiring
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
5.0
It has been on my reading list for quite some time and now that I’ve read it, I just feel… someone sucked my soul out for awhile and put it back in. Truly, a book that will grab all of your heart strings which will leave you wanting to know more and what happens next in the pages.
This book has led me to look up more of Afghanistan, the history, the people, the women, what they went through and going through at present. I hope that I can read more books like this in the future.
This book has led me to look up more of Afghanistan, the history, the people, the women, what they went through and going through at present. I hope that I can read more books like this in the future.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Blood, Adult/minor relationship, Murder, Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, Rape, Torture, War, Violence, Pregnancy, Death, Gun violence, Miscarriage, and Death of parent
meowreads_94's review against another edition
5.0
This is my second khaled hosseini book and like the first one (the kite runner) , it goes the same way chapter after chapter like
it's a beautiful, beautiful and BEAUTIFUL book to read and to hug and to cry over. the story is heart touching and heart warming about two Afghan women and slightly about the invasion and war went on afganistan but mostly about the effect of the wars and the reigns of the Taliban over the people's lives. It's very much hard for people like us living in a place where free will of everyone is considered to imagine the freedom-less state of women and their decisions and feelings behind their decisions. The way the story runs and get complicated and on the other hand the situations got rid of the complications is flawless. I predicted so many things but it didn't occur and for being happened at the same time period I wanted this book's story with the kite runner. It doesn't happened but still I'm happy because the heart melting writing styles never let me cringe my eye brow. Khaled hosseini's progress in his writing style is mind blowing and I think he is mastering the path of writing a satisfactory and proper way of ending any story.This world is never easy for anyone...everybody has their own story to tell , own pain to endure but someone is happily paying out for you so that you could have a happy ending of your journey and unconsciously forces you to remember him/her for a lifetime of yours. It's a sad thing wrapped in a candy wrappers....
so at the end of the reading journey I had water glittery eyes with a slight smile and could say
it's a beautiful, beautiful and BEAUTIFUL book to read and to hug and to cry over. the story is heart touching and heart warming about two Afghan women and slightly about the invasion and war went on afganistan but mostly about the effect of the wars and the reigns of the Taliban over the people's lives. It's very much hard for people like us living in a place where free will of everyone is considered to imagine the freedom-less state of women and their decisions and feelings behind their decisions. The way the story runs and get complicated and on the other hand the situations got rid of the complications is flawless. I predicted so many things but it didn't occur and for being happened at the same time period I wanted this book's story with the kite runner. It doesn't happened but still I'm happy because the heart melting writing styles never let me cringe my eye brow. Khaled hosseini's progress in his writing style is mind blowing and I think he is mastering the path of writing a satisfactory and proper way of ending any story.This world is never easy for anyone...everybody has their own story to tell , own pain to endure but someone is happily paying out for you so that you could have a happy ending of your journey and unconsciously forces you to remember him/her for a lifetime of yours. It's a sad thing wrapped in a candy wrappers....
so at the end of the reading journey I had water glittery eyes with a slight smile and could say
daisiemoore's review against another edition
emotional
inspiring
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
5.0
mariaig's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, and War
michaelanocz's review against another edition
4.0
With both Khaled's books (this one and the Kite Runner) I have had issues to keep me going through the book. In this one, the storyline started to only make sense somewhere around the middle. I have actually abandoned the book for a couple of weeks and only with a lot of effort I reached the point where it caught my attention again. Since reaching that point, everything turned upside down. The story has a meaning, everything happens quickly, one event follows another. I loved the history, the details of the events which I could only believe our schools wanted to spare us of knowing...
jennifermreads's review against another edition
5.0
Wow. Wow. WOW! Amazing, amazing, amazing. Two womens lives become intertwined as adults and readers get to see it all from beginning to end. Hosseini is amazing.
All-in-all: Do not miss!
All-in-all: Do not miss!
muse692's review against another edition
4.0
Wow, heavy but enthralling. I would have given 5 stars but I felt like it kept going a bit too long.
mattglwilliams's review against another edition
dark
emotional
informative
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.25
ivanbiber's review against another edition
5.0
A woman's perspective on life in Afghanistan before, during, and after Taliban rule. Engaging and emotional and while, fiction, allows the reader to imagine the many painful choices that people, and especially women, in Afghanistan (and other oppressed countries) must face on a daily basis. It took me so long to finally grab the book that I think everyone has already read it, but I absolutely recommend this book to all.