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A Thousand Splendid Suns
By: Khaled Hosseini
Reviewer = Katie Flickinger
Rating = 4 / 5
Recommendation = Women of any age.
“Women like us. We endure. It’s all we have.”
A Thousand Splendid Suns, by Khaled Hosseini, transports you to Afghanistan where girls are married off at eight, and women do as they’re told. Well, unless they want to suffer the consequences that come with showing disobedience to a man. This story forces you to empathize,sympathize, and cry for the women who have no choice but to stand up and fight for their lives when they are suppose to lie down and take it.
Living as an afghanistan woman means wearing your burqa, taking orders, and even being abused. Khaled uses two women, Mariam and Laila to show you the seriousness of the struggles they share and the bond they form because of it. This book descriptively describes how Mariam and Laila cope with being forced to marry strangers and live under the unspoken rules of being a woman in this society.
Khaled uses wonderful description while telling the stories of these women. He makes you feel every emotion he writes about. I loved this book and I would strongly suggest you pick it up and start reading. When I did, I couldn’t put the book down. I wanted to read it from start to finish without stopping. Khaled will keep you reading until the very end.
By: Khaled Hosseini
Reviewer = Katie Flickinger
Rating = 4 / 5
Recommendation = Women of any age.
“Women like us. We endure. It’s all we have.”
A Thousand Splendid Suns, by Khaled Hosseini, transports you to Afghanistan where girls are married off at eight, and women do as they’re told. Well, unless they want to suffer the consequences that come with showing disobedience to a man. This story forces you to empathize,sympathize, and cry for the women who have no choice but to stand up and fight for their lives when they are suppose to lie down and take it.
Living as an afghanistan woman means wearing your burqa, taking orders, and even being abused. Khaled uses two women, Mariam and Laila to show you the seriousness of the struggles they share and the bond they form because of it. This book descriptively describes how Mariam and Laila cope with being forced to marry strangers and live under the unspoken rules of being a woman in this society.
Khaled uses wonderful description while telling the stories of these women. He makes you feel every emotion he writes about. I loved this book and I would strongly suggest you pick it up and start reading. When I did, I couldn’t put the book down. I wanted to read it from start to finish without stopping. Khaled will keep you reading until the very end.