I read The Kite Runner, by Mr. Hosseini 5 or 6 years ago and it was an excellent and moving book but extremely sad. When I thought it couldn't get sadder it did. It talked to Barb W and she was at a book talk by Mr Hosseini and he said that his wife made him change the ending so it was not quiet so sad. Man I would of hated to read that ending. So I have had this book in my collection for some time but was afraid to read it as I thought it would be just as sad. With what happened in Afghanistan this summer I thought I should read it as he is the only Afghani author I could think of. The book is a bit sad but excellent. The ending is nowhere near as sad as The Kite Runner but it is a bit sad but does tie up the beginning and the middle up quiet nicely. And The Mountains Echoed bounces around a bit from the past to the present and to the middle but it is not too hard to keep track of characters during that timeline. As a father it makes me think of all the decisions that I have done for my children either correctly or incorrectly or at least I thought I was correct at the time but swing and a miss. If you have not read his work, Mr Hosseini is a very good author and I strongly recommend both The Kite Runner & And The Mountains Echoed. The question now is I own A Thousand Splendid Suns by Mr Hosseini but do I read it now or later.
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