2025
The introduction of the book set a higher expectation for the story of the girl but there was nothing extraordinary in it. I felt like the narration of the story by death was a cheap gimmick. The story telling is phenomenal but the story itself doesn’t hold much weight.
2025
A Thousand Splendid Suns is undoubtedly one of the most heartbreaking books I’ve ever read. Khaled Hosseini has done such a remarkable story telling as it cups you in sorrow but still leaves you yearning to read more. After a few chapters, the sorrow becomes additive. Unlike kite runner, Hosseini has kept it so well grounded in reality, with no over-the-top drama, just the raw, unforgiving nature of life. The last few chapters had me sobbing uncontrollably.
2024
What a waste of a week. The book is half smut and half pure sadness. There’s death and morally questionable things happening all the time. Not once, while reading it, have I felt warm. The dating culture in Japan is portrayed much worse than the dating culture in the US. The writing is good, but the content is just trashy and extremely sad.
2023
This book dives into some mainstream ideas such as the hardships of immigrants, navigating the challenges of being a different race in first-world countries, and the innocence of teenage love. It does a pretty good job showing the struggles of immigration and showcasing racism in a simple and not so subtle ways, but I got really hooked on the romance part of it. The first half is all about immigration, racism and other things, but the real love story kicks in during the second half. When I hit that second half, I was buzzing with excitement, wondering where the story would twist next.