A review by jess1cam0
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini

5.0

One could not count the moons that shimmer on her roofs, Or the thousand splendid suns that hide behind her walls.

this story was so devastating yet beautiful in its own way. this book follows our two main characters born 20 years apart and their lives become intertwined, due to the devastating events they’re going through.



mariam and laila are two of the strongest fmc’s i’ve ever seen, the way that they endured so much but yet continued to keep their faith and held onto each other through hardships in their war-torn neighborhoods.

They made her aware of her own lowliness, her plain looks, her lack of aspirations, her ignorance of so many things.

mariam was the result of an affair between her father and a servant. for this they were shunned and forced to live in a small shack far from the city. mariam looked up to her father all while her mother warned her about him and men like him. she endured so much but still kept a brave face. she truly deserved so much better and all the love in the world. deep down she wanted to be loved genuinely and when she did have it she cherished it