A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini

I read "The Kite Runner" last year by this same author, and I absolutely loved it. What a great story. They made a movie of it, and the movie actually was very close to the book. They did a nice job with it.

So I was excited to read "A Thousand Splendid Sons." I have to say, it was a good story, but I didn't like it as much as "The Kite Runner."

This book is about a family in Afghanistan, going through the wars and upheavals of that area of the world. There are two sons fighting in the war and a daughter left behind. The mother is a central character whose emotions pretty much take over the whole family. It's a compelling story, for sure, and a good read, but I would recommend "The Kite Runner" more than this one.