A Thousand Splendid Suns Review

Finally, after so long, I am sharing my mini book review when it comes to the books I am not a regular reader of, as I am more of a series person.
I love to watch series and movies more than reading books, but this year, to reduce my screen time, I have started reading books again. I hope I continue to do so as much as I can.
I generally like to read non fictional self love/self help books more, but this time, after so long, I decided to go with a fictional book.
From my college time, I have heard about this book, A Thousand Splendid Suns, but never got the chance to read it. Finally, I got my hands on this book, and let me tell you, I am not disappointed.
Afghan-American writer Khaled Hosseini has done such amazing storytelling, and I didn’t feel even a single time that it was not real.

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A Thousand Splendid Suns summary

A Thousand Splendid Suns was the toughest novel for me to read, as it has intense scenes in it. For me, it was really hard to read this book in one go.
This novel is all about the lives of 2 women, Mariam and Laila how their life changes post Taliban took control of Afghanistan.
It is the journey of an illegitimate teenager, Mariam, from Herat who later, due to unfathomable family conditions, got married to shoemaker Rasheed of Kabul, and from there her life conditions started to take a different turn.
She wanted to study and wanted to become something big, but life had a different plan for her.
Later, due to the control of the Taliban over Afghanistan, Mariam met Laila, and her bond with her was no less than mother and daughter.
They both took care of each other, but what Mariam sacrificed for Laila is something that’s not easy, but she did it anyway.
One thing that I really loved about Mariam is that despite facing issues in her life, she still went on with life and started to find happiness in small things.
The language of the novel is not that easy; if you are a beginner, in that case you might face difficulty while reading this book.
In this novel, writer Khaled being the Afghani shredding the light on the lives of Afghans when control was taken by the Taliban, especially for women, and the fact that the Taliban is still oppressing women of Afghanistan and taking their basic rights is so disturbing as a woman.
No one should be feeling unsafe and denied basic rights like education in their homeland, no one.
The way Author Khaled has narrated the life story of these 2 women is just incredible and is definitely a must-read novel in your free time.