With a crazy work schedule and the holiday season just behind me, it’s been a few months since I’ve had the chance to finish a book (at least one that I’ve thought was worth writing about after). Hosseini’s first book, The Kite Runner, is one of my favorite stories and I was anxious to get my hands on this — as I expected, his work did not disappoint. This captivating and complex story about finding a lost piece (or pieces) of yourself in someone else, had me in tears before I had finished the first chapter.
In nearly every chapter and story line that run throughout the book, love is tested, pain is inflicted and the boundaries of patience are pushed. It grapples with many of the same themes that crisscross his other novels: the relationship between parents and children, and the ways the past can haunt the present. Page by page, chapter through chapter you uncover deeper insights about each of his characters and their lives, and finish the book with an intimate understanding of who his characters are and how they’ve defined themselves over the years through the choices they have made between duty, freedom, familial responsibilities and independence, etc.
Hosseini is one of my favorite authors and this book was by far my favorite of his to read. If you haven’t already, check it out. You won’t regret it.
xoxo
Life & Love 