Reading: A Thousand Splendid Suns
2 Nov
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
This book was overwhelming at times in its hopeless portrayal of two women in Afghanistan whose lives become linked through their shared circumstance.
There were moments where I felt such incredible sorrow for Afghanistan’s bloody, war torn history that seems to never end throughout the reading of the book, and then there are moments of helpless heartbreak at the idea of living an entire life as full of pain as these women’s lives.
I was often angry and mostly just hopelessly sad that women in some countries can live an entire life under the oppressive and violent thumb of both their government and the men in their lives. Even in the triumph that can be found in this book, there is still a lingering sadness. I hope for a better world someday, and gave a lot of thought to what my role is (and isn’t) in making that happen.
