[Book Review] A Thousand Splendid Suns

Last week, I finally finished this one, "A Thousand Splendid Suns".

I had read this book for quite a long time since this one is pretty thick =(.

The author of this book, Khaled Hosseini, wrote 'The Kite Runner' as well.

I liked it very much and this one too. These two books share the same place and the same time period, 

but have different characters and plot.

This one has two main characters, Mariam and Laila. 

Mariam is a harami, an illegitimate child, had lived in hell for most of her life, but at the end of it, she met Laila and her life changed. She was suffered a lot under her husband's violent temper.

Laila was born in a typical family and raised as a lovely daughter.

She lived happily until her brothers were brought to a war and killed.

Her mother was shocked and almost lost herself. The misery started...

Her friends were killed one by one by a missile or a bullet, and her closest friend and love left the city and went to Pakistan. Right after that, her parents were killed by an accident and she was badly wounded but survived.

The one who rescued her was the husband of Mariam, and he wanted her to get married with him.

From that point, the story was about these two women who happen to live in the same house and share the same husband, and their unhappy life with their husband.

At the end, they somehow got out of that house, and Laila met the old lover again and live happily ever after.

Mariam... who killed her husband was hanged, but she was happy because of Laila.

Mmm.... I didn't mean to write this long... but anyway this is the summary of the book.

From both of Khaled's books, I learned that how the Afghanistan war progressed, 

and I could see how terrible a war is... His writing is so detail, so I can feel like I am actually watching the scene in the text. You can see how both women get through their miserable life and feel the pain and anger of them.

I'd like recommend this book as one of the best novel I've ever read... he's probably one of the greatest story teller.

If you are looking for a book to make you feel the others' joy and anger in their life, this would be the right one for you.

Hmm... when I first plan to write a review, I wanted to talk about something more emotional, but somehow I ended up summarizing the book. anyway~ DONE!