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And The Mountains Echoed - Khaled Hosseini
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From the author of ‘The Kite Runner’ and ‘A Thousand Splendid Suns’. As to be expected, beautifully written but I’m not finding it easy to follow. With a succession of separate stories about an assortment of people who are in some way connected it’s all rather disjointed. Nevertheless, as with his previous works, I’m hooked, and I’m sure it will all come together in the end.
Has anyone else read it, and if so, what do you think?
Has anyone else read it, and if so, what do you think?
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I've not read it Naomi but I can see his works are very popular. This title has over 2,400 reviews at an average of 4.2/5 - pretty decent.
I did like this quote attributed to him:
" In many parts of the world, a man's accusing finger always finds a woman. But I think we need women to solve the problems that men create."
I did like this quote attributed to him:
" In many parts of the world, a man's accusing finger always finds a woman. But I think we need women to solve the problems that men create."
Wonderful! Since a book club asked me for a recommendation and hated my choice (I think they would have preferred something by Barbara Cartland) I've been reluctant to recommend novels to anyone, but I think you could cope with Khaled Hosseini when you have time. 'A Thousand Splendid Suns' is my favourite to date.
I loved A Thousand Splendid Suns and enjoyed The Kite Runner, but And The Mountains Echoed did nothing for me, too disjointed (as you said) and, I thought, a disappointing ending. I so wanted to like it as well. Splendid Suns ranks as one of my best books of all time.
What did you think when you got to the end naomi ?
What did you think when you got to the end naomi ?
I'm not there yet, viv, but so far it doesn't come close to 'A Thousand Splendid Suns'. Much of the time I'm struggling to place the characters in the overall scheme of the book. I'm sure it will all come together in the end but I'm finding the journey quite confusing - something that didn't apply at all to his previous two books.
I have now you've pointed it out. I missed that. I haven't skipped any of it, but I was thinking that the problem might be because I only read it when I go to bed - lying down with Kindle, bedside light off - so probably half asleep. It's encouraging to know it's not just me. I can't imagine I'll read it again.
