A review by maryanneross
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini

5.0

I can't express how moving this book is. I love a book with strong female characters, and this certainly fits that criterion. The language is almost poetic, and the story is rich with modern Middle Eastern history. It always moves me to think how much the people of Afghanistan have endured. Generations of Afghans have been ravaged by war, greed, and oppression. Hosseini pants characters who survive all of that oppression. I enjoyed both The Kiter Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns. I cannot wait to read And the Mountains Echoed, as Hosseini has become one of my favorite authors.