Book review : A Thousand Splendid Suns
People often talk about books that changed their lives. This was mine.
This book broke me and healed me, ripped my heart to shreds and then sewed it together with each chapter.
It is not just a story you read, it is one you feel with every part of your body, a book that made me tear up in the most crowded of places.
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It is a story written about the lives of two women who navigated their way through much hardship under the leadership of the Taliban in Afghanistan, but in reality, it is a story every woman can feel and live. The depictions were so vivid, they made my stomach drop every single time. It made me pray for two women I didn’t even know.
The quotes that Khaled Hosseini has beautifully woven are truly a delight to read and re-read. The writing style that gives readers a sense of calmness without once being monotonous or slow.
Not only that, there was so much to learn, with every instance in the book, there were deep and profound lessons that will stay with me for a long long time, one of them being gratitude. Never was I more thankful for my life and for all the opportunities I have. So grateful that I don’t have to cross my fingers every time I look out the window or feel small just because I was born a female.
Much like Hosseini’s other writings, this book is a must read. Not too fast paced or action packed I agree, but something you would want to read till the last page just in hopes for a happy ending that would give peace to the reader’s heart. Does it have one though? I still can’t quite figure it out. Can you?
