A thousand splendid suns is a book by Kanked Hosseini. I found this book emotionally captiavtinh and also a real eye opener, I had never before truly understood the hardship of female life under Taliban rule. Undeniably Kahked Hosseini is a great story teller.Hid dedications of Afghanistan and his character being them a life for the reader.
A must read.

This book left me speechless. While I was heartbroken by the end of it, I loved reading the book and feel that that Khaled Hosseini’s writing did the beautiful story justice. Each character served a different purpose with their complex characters, be it Nana and her words, Jalil and his questionable decisions, Mariam hiding behind the word ‘harami’ and Lailas brave actions. Characters like Rasheed and Tariq provided a contrast for men, as both were so different in their views, the way they treated women, and in their words.
The actual storyline, however, left me either reaching for tissues, sighing in relief, or gasping in shock. While there were occasional moments, such as those shared between Laila and Tariq, that brought a smile to my face, the book truly moved me.

Of all of Hosseini's works, this book moved me the most. An excellent read. Highly recommended.

The amount of pain and emotions Khaled Hosseini manages to portray in his books is simply amazing. Out of the three amazing books he has written, A Thousand Splendid Suns is my favourite. This book is an emotional roller coaster and makes you so attached to the characters. It shows the struggles of Afghanis during the war era and it is a beautiful and heartbreaking representation of how women have always had it worse. I remember pausing between the reading several times just to process what I had read. This book touches the issues of stigmatization, Mariam, one of the main characters of the story is an illegitimate child who struggles with her emotional needs and identity. this book perfectly describes the pain and hardships of being in an abusive relationship. My favourite thing about the book is definitely the mother daughter bond Mariam and Laila manage to build. 10/10, a must read.

This is another of Khaled Hosseini's
works, a story based in Afghanistan in 1960's and post WW2 times, when the political condition of Afghanistan was still quite unstable..
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The first part of the story is about Mariam, an illegitimate child, whose mother's mental condition is unstable and soon her mother dies. Her father lives away with his other wives and comes home seldom. By ill fate, Mariam is forced to marry a much older and an extremely abusive man, who makes her life a constant hell.
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The second part of the book is about Laila, whose life also takes devastating turns and after that, by fate, she meets Mariam and a new sequence of events begin.
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This book is seriously a total emotional rollercoaster, that made me smile, fear, have tears, hope, despair and whatnot. Only the reader can feel the book fully.