Yes, I am a big fan of Khaled Hosseini's books ! I read A Thousand Splendid Suns in french (" Milles soleil splendides), this book is very touching ! The writing of Hosseini is very poetic, very melancholic, soulful and hopeful! I think that Khaled Hosseini is always objective in his books and that is very rare in documents and books about Aghanistan in general ! I was touched by Amir and Hassan fate and I was touched again by Mariam and Leila story !
When you read this kind of books, you say " sun doesn't shine on everybody, how lucky I am".
So, I guess, I am the only one who actually hated A Thousand Splendid Suns. To me it was a rehashing of the same formulas that worked in A Kite Runner. The similar stoning scene, the same evil Taliban-sympathizers as the villians with not even an OUNCE of goodness in them.
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Reluctant fundamentalist – about a young kid who has the world in his hands (graduated from a good school, good job, a gori gf). And then 9/11 happens. It’s told in form of a flashback. its been a while since i read it and i forgot
i just finished re-reading GOodnight Nobody by Jennifer Weiner. It’s about a housewife who is murdered and the main character whos marreid iwth 3 kids decides to find hte killer.
just finished ' brother odd' by dean koontz. my type and genre through and through. fantacy/sci-fi fic. will get others in the series soon.
just started ' day watch' by russian writer lukyanenko. so far so good. lets see.
So, I guess, I am the only one who actually hated A Thousand Splendid Suns. To me it was a rehashing of the same formulas that worked in A Kite Runner. The similar stoning scene, the same evil Taliban-sympathizers as the villians with not even an OUNCE of goodness in them.
I wasn't too impressed, either. Nothing new.
Oh by the way has anyone read "the reluctant fundamentalist" by hamid something...
The other day I was at my campus bookstore and I saw that book now being used as a text book for english lit course.
So any reviews?
Read it - I felt like it was a slap for the Americans and their thinking.
