A Thousand Splendid Suns (Book Review)

Hello everyone! I’ve been reading through all of Khaled Hosseini’s books, and this is the final one that I needed to read. It’s called ‘A Thousand Splendid Suns.’ And let me tell you, anyone who is going to read this better be prepared for a pretty emotional journey.

The story starts by following Mariam, a child who was is looked after by her mother. They live away from everyone else, deep in the woods, because Mariam’s is a child conceived through an affair, and shames her father’s family. It  
follows Mariam from when she is a little girl all through her life. The focus really comes in though, when Mariam is fifteen and sent to marry Rasheed, who is thirty years older than her. Later on, another main character, Laila joins the story. Again, you get to see her whole life. Because we see such a large span of what the characters have been through we get to see their happiest and saddest moments. We get to see they’ve grown and developed how they realized certain things about life. It makes you really connect with these two characters, because you’ve been through so much with them as you read.

There are so many messages you can take away from this book. About wisdom, family, and at one point, even morals! This book had me questioning whether this character was doing the right or wrong thing. This book had me hoping for the characters, and feeling happy or depressed when it did or didn’t work. I never knew what was going to happen next. But I did learn so much, and it was a really touching story.

My favourite part of the novel? I didn’t have one. I really really liked the ending. What I mean by that is the ending from each of Laila’s and Miriam’s point of view. So when we last read through Miriam’s perspective and the same for Laila’s. I think those were my favourite parts, and if you read it you’ll see why ;)

Now that I’ve read three of them, I can safely say The Kite Runner was my favourite novel by Khaled Hosseini. Check out my review here  and see why. But this book comes close second, and it is a must read.

Buy it here!

Olivia-Savannah x