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» posted on 10:51pm - November 16 2008 | posted by NeroAnima

So, I just finished reading "A Thousands Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini last night and I was pretty impressed with the book, good story and good writing I thought.
I read his first book "The Kite Runner" this past summer and as I thought the same about that book I didn't wanna have too high expectations on his second book, guess I was wrong there.

Anyone else read the books? What did you think about them? Yay or nay?

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posted by: Earthprisoner · date: 4:37am - February 25 2009
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i haven't got around to read Thousand splendid Suns.

To me it's a toss up as to whether I prefer the book Kite runner to the movie.
I liked the way the Kite runner started out as a kind of realistic novel about kids growing up and then about the narrator emigrating to America with his father But then when he returns to Afghanistan the tone changed and it seemed to be a kind of mix of "magical realism" filled with the kind of coincidences that you think only happen in folk tales.

The movie didn't quite have that contrast so much as I remember it. So i think I liked this kind of unity in the film. And I liked the actors especially the actor who played the father who is a well known Iranian actor (In the "TASTE of Cherry" By Abbas Kiarostami).
I hope I can find the time to read Thousand Splendid Suns soon

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posted by: NeroAnima · date: 3:59am - November 22 2008
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Nope, haven't seen the movie yet. Don't know if I ever want to either, I don't think I've ever come across a story or so that was better as a movie than in book form.
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posted by: TuLzie · date: 12:29pm - November 21 2008
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I need to pick up the second book though, btw have you seen the movie for the kite runner? i thought it was pretty decent, of course they had to cut a lot out to adapt to a movie script.
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posted by: NeroAnima · date: 6:46pm - November 20 2008
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I'm still debating whether I liked his first or second book better, tough one actually.
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posted by: TuLzie · date: 9:32pm - November 18 2008
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I read the kite runner a while back and thought it was a good read also. I almost cried during some parts of the book. lol
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