My journey with A THOUSAND SPLENDID SUNS.
Hey there, Lovely people. Sending you all loads and loads of virtual hugs, keep safe. So today, I want to share with you all my thoughts about the book, A Thousand Splendid Suns. If you are looking for a good book recommendation that will give you a break from the Netflix marathon you were taking part in lately- you are in the right place.
The book- A thousand splendid suns is no stranger to all the amateur and avid readers. So, if you were planning to read this book ever since, I could only tell you one thing- Go for it, just go and grab that book you fellow reader, the right time is now. A beautiful story, a cup of chai, and the monsoons of august- what else would you ask for? I’m so glad that I, being a lazy reader that I’m, have completed this novel- this heart-wrenching yet most beautiful journey that the author has marvelously written.
Khaled Hosseini,the writer ,is such a gift to mankind. I’m so not qualified to talk about the wonder he has created that this book is.I feel so grateful to have read this work of his. I can only tell,I feel like a pebble.
This is the first piece of beauty I read among other of his works and I’m planning to read THE KITE RUNNER next, just said that if you were wondering about a gift you want to give me for my birthday in August. 😝😈
To be honest I was a complete stranger to this book, I dint knew what the story is about, honestly. My friend told me that somewhere in the story there is something about Taliban, that’s all I knew. So obviously I wasn’t prepared for the emotional ride that it took me through.
When I started reading it, the flow was effortless, I instantly fell in love with Mariam whom you’ll also meet when you start reading the book. I was living the beautiful surroundings, fishing, singing and cooking along with her. At one point in the beginning of her journey her friendship with Mullah Faizullah, suddenly reminded me of a story from my fifth grade’s English textbook- Heidi makes her bed. I felt the beautiful bond that Heidi and her Grand Father developed and shared at the end of the first chapter in this book. Such Beauty !! In the course of reading I fell in love again, this time with Laila and you’ll know exactly why when you meet her too. I have felt happiness in littlestof the little things that happened in the lives of these two beautiful women.
I got so attached to the characters of the book, that I felt everything like them.When their expectations shattered I could feel the anger for them, I could feel their pain when they lost their loved ones, the helplessness when faced with domestic abuse, the hope for betterment,courage to face the wicked destiny, heart breaks and goodbyes,everything.
It’s a story about a whole lot of things. It’s about friendship, love, heart breaks, violence, shock, sacrifice, destruction and death. It’s about life taking sudden turns into all something new, shattering every piece that was held together all at once, and for all. Its about a Country’s glory, it’s people,their hardships,their sacrifices,their celebrations,their disappointments, their rise and fall.
To sum up everything, it tells us that hope should never die,for dreams shall not be shattered come what may. All it takes is the courage to face what life throws at us, to hold on, to mend,to try and bring change. It reminds us how of all the beings only humans are given the power, to CREATE and RECREATE. To create life again,to create opportunity, to love, care and build. I so want you to read the book and I can’t wait to know your perspective too, Happy Reading 💗
