Why I Loved "A Thousand Splendid Suns"

I have to admit that summer reading is a great source of dread in my life that usually results in major procrastination. That is why when I picked up Khaled Hosseini's "A Thousand Splendid Suns" I was very unhappy about having to read the thick volume during my sacred summer vacation. However, I had no reason to begrudge reading this novel because I ended up actually enjoying it! That's right. I said it. I loved my summer reading book. It was, by far, the best book I have ever been assigned for summer reading. Why did I love "A Thousand Splendid Suns"? The reasons may not fit in this blog. Just kidding, I'm sure I will struggle to meet the 500 word minimum as I usually do. Anyway, let's get to the point: why I enjoyed this novel. I enjoyed it because it is very well written. Hosseini is a very descriptive writer, and that is appealing to me as a reader. It keeps things interesting. Another writer could describe something and I would be bored, but Hosseini's description of the simplest of objects is artistic and colorful. Hosseini's style makes his novels hard to put down, and I finished the book fairly quickly. Hosseini's character development is wonderful, and a reader feels like they know the characters. This results in the reader being even more entralled with the plot. Hoseinni's most important accomplishment is not how he writes his novels, (although that is very impressive), but what he writes them about. "A Thousand Splendid Suns" lets people know what is going on in the middle east. Although people of the world can watch the news, that only goes so far. That is what the reporter can show you, but Hosseini gives us a glimpse of just how terrible the conditions are. He puts us in the shoes of an abused housewife. The news can't do that. I enjoyed "A Thousand Splendid Suns" much more than my other summer reading book. "Night" is a good book, but it doesn't compare to Hosseini's writing. I honestly only chose to read "Night" because it is as thin as my latest "Seventeen" magazine and I had already read it once in middle school. I had heard my mother and Great Aunt Elaine raving about "A Thousand Splendid Suns" and now I know why they were so fond of it. I plan on reading Khaled Hosseini's other novel, "The Kite Runner", this summer, when I am less busy. If "A Thousand Splendid Suns" was so great, then I can't wait to read Hosseini's other work. I will probably try to find other authors who write about the same topics as Hosseini, because those topics are very important in my opinion. Other authors will probably not be able to match Hosseini's descriptions and character development.484. In conclusion, I loved reading Khaled Hosseini's novel, "A Thousand Splendid Suns", because of it's excellent descriptions and characters. Summer reading was not a chore this year.