Reviews - ألف شمس ساطعة

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ألف شمس ساطعة

Khaled Hosseini

4.48 AVERAGE

ayuuuu's review against another edition

4.5

emotional inspiring sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

jansluisam's review against another edition

5.0

emotional medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

mj_favebooks's review against another edition

5.0

emotional informative sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

I stayed up late reading this book, it was sad and inspiring at the same time.
Womanhood and their terrible life under war and a patriarchal regime.
We must continue to support the literal arts, and oppose the banning of books that teach us thru storytelling.

tomie_nicole91's review against another edition

4.25

challenging dark emotional sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

A Thousand Splendid Suns was a heavy, tragic, and still somehow beautiful story of two women persisting in the unrelenting face of adversity. The story follows the two main characters through Afghanistan's political and ideological turmoil in a time of war. While enduring tragedy after tragedy, they happen to find themselves living together in a situation neither could have predicted. Friendship does not come easily but it is worth the wait. This story really exemplifies that light can be found in the darkest of places.