Ja vuoret kaikuivat by Khaled Hosseini

4.07 AVERAGE

ericas_reads_ca's review against another edition

4.0
Khaled Hosseini is a great storyteller, and this book is no exception. As with his other novels he writes a compelling tale about people affected by the continuing issues in Afghanistan. I didn't like this story as much as the other two as I felt it had too many different story lines, and though interesting to see the different points of view, it distracted my attention and made me care less about the story overall. A couple of the story lines could have been left out completely and others expanded. I liked the opening "fairy tale" that frames the whole book, it adds context for your reading.

vishie's review against another edition

5.0
emotional reflective sad fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

lrubin_pdx's review against another edition

4.5
challenging emotional sad slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

jkayy's review against another edition

5.0
adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
Very very brilliant read. Encompasses decades worth of longing. 

hilarymay's review against another edition

5.0
I loved this, moving and fascinating interweaving of different lives.

cthib9's review against another edition

5.0
Having never read the other books by this author, I am impressed at what he was able to do with not only his writing but his message.

Over the course of six or so decades, this book weaves the stories of several characters, all with some captivating relationship to one another. It is in these first- or third-person accounts that we get a look at how unforgiving, apathetic and beautiful life can be.

aaashi3's review against another edition

4.0
dark emotional informative reflective tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

klaudiapaige's review against another edition

5.0
challenging emotional hopeful inspiring sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
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hyndiajacobs's review against another edition

4.75
adventurous emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

lanijah13's review against another edition

3.0
challenging emotional informative reflective sad slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No