Having recently read Anita Diamant’s The Red Tent I thought I’d follow it with Khalid Hosseini’s A thousand splendid suns. Last year I’d read and enjoyed The bookseller of Kabul (Åsne Seierstad), also about Afghanistan. I enjoy books about the Middle East, particularly Islam, and that span generations and Hosseini does a wonderful job of merging the stories, but overall I was not impressed with the story. It’s a good read if you want more insight into life in Afghanistan.
My rating: 3/5
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