July 11, 2007

• It's best when you approach a book with skepticism and then you find yourself extremely pleasantly surprised.  This is how I felt about A Thousand Splendid Suns. All the hype of the Kite Runner completely escaped me. The Kite Runner was good but predictable I thought.  A Thousand Splendid Suns really impressed me. It made me feel all the emotions that its predecessor was meant to evoke in me but failed.  I was so touched by the intertwining stories of two women who are brought together by marriage to the same tyrannical man.   I found it amazing that Hosseini was able to so thoroughly represent the female psyche.  It always impresses me when an author is able to write so convincingly using the voice of the opposite sex. I remember the last time I felt this way was after reading Memoirs of a Geisha.

  A co-worker of mine felt like she didn't want to read this book because it's based in Afghanistan and we have all already heard so many stories of suffering originating from that country.  I had the same passing thought but I still think there is more to be told and it really depends how the story is presented and I feel like Hosseini has done an amazing job.

  No book is perfect but I have to give this one 5 out of 5.  It's a definite re-read.      

  Can't wait for Harry Potter!!!

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