A review by olivesbranch
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

As she leans back and watches Sayeed receding in the rear view window of the bus, Laila hears the voice of doubt whispering in her head. Are they being foolish, she wonders, leaving behind the safety of Muree? Going back to the land where her parents and brothers perished, where the smoke of bombs is only now settling? 
And then, fom the darkened spirals of her memory, rise two lines of poetry, Babi's farewell ode to Kabul:
One could not count the moons that shimmer on her roofs,
Or the thousand splendid suns that hide behind her walls