Before I went to Uni I was a total bookworm and used to read alot, so since I'm back I've decided to try and get back into the swing of things. If you know me well enough you'll know I've always dreamed of having my very own home library one day, stocked with all the books I've ever read so I continue to buy books I've borrowed years ago to be part of something I can hand down in generations. I've never really brought books new, enjoying the endless varieties on the cheap in charity shops so will be reviewing old books that I'm reading whether they have been recommend by friends or simply stumbled across.
When I was in London my boyfriend insisted I read the 'Kite runner', a novel by Khaled Hosseini. Most people I know couldn't stress more how much of an amazing book this was so I gave it ago. A story about a young boy called Amir from Kabul and His best friend, the son of his father's Hazara servant, Hassan. For weeks, I found it incredibly difficult to read and once hitting a rather graphical scene was completely turned off the book. Fortunately, Unfortunately for him, Nick was ill one day so I spent the day reading the Kite Runner and to my amazement was completely distraught when I finished. When I returned home, as a present Nick brought me Khaled Hosseini's second book 'A Thousand Splendid Suns'.
When I was in London my boyfriend insisted I read the 'Kite runner', a novel by Khaled Hosseini. Most people I know couldn't stress more how much of an amazing book this was so I gave it ago. A story about a young boy called Amir from Kabul and His best friend, the son of his father's Hazara servant, Hassan. For weeks, I found it incredibly difficult to read and once hitting a rather graphical scene was completely turned off the book. Fortunately, Unfortunately for him, Nick was ill one day so I spent the day reading the Kite Runner and to my amazement was completely distraught when I finished. When I returned home, as a present Nick brought me Khaled Hosseini's second book 'A Thousand Splendid Suns'.
Set also in Kabul, this story portrays a background of turmoil and war in Afghanistan and follows the history of the Taliban rising to power whilst narrating from the 1960s to 2003 the lives of Mariam and Laila, two Afghan women, and how their paths cross. It's a novel of great heroism and strength through times of desperation, starvation and failed escapes.
It is beautifully written and immensely gripping. Not only did I cry at the end but at many times throughout the book found myself to be frustrated and truly emotional as if part of the story myself. When it ended although I was relieved and satisfied, I was sad that it had finished yet left with the feeling that love and hardship could overcome any obstacle in life, and that we as human beings can with stand more than we could ever imagine.
If you haven't read this book, please do! And if you have a while ago, I would recommend reading it again.
A truly fantastic book.
Next... 'Lucky' by Alice Sebold.
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