Book Review: A Thousand Splendid Suns

A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
Published by: Bloomsbury
Genres: Fiction, Historical Fiction, Contemporary
Pages: 372
Format: Paperback



About the Book:

Born a generation apart and with very different ideas about love and family, Mariam and Laila are two women brought jarringly together by war, by loss and by fate. As they endure the ever escalating dangers around them—in their home as well as in the streets of Kabul—they come to form a bond that makes them both sisters and mother-daughter to each other, and that will ultimately alter the course not just of their own lives but of the next generation.

Book Review: Paths of Glory - by Jeffrey Archer

Paths of Glory by Jeffrey Archer
Published by St. Martin's Press
Genres: Fiction, Historical Fiction, Adventure
Pages: 384 
Format: Paperback 



A fictional biography on the life of George Mallory - the British mountaineer - who went missing atop Mount Everest during ill-fated 1924 British Mount Everest Expedition.

This book is in its entirety - a fiction - that being said - Mr archer has taken complete creative liberty to bent the facts to make the book more interesting. Hence, don't read this book expecting accurate historical references; you will not find many.

If you are ok with ignoring the above facts; then this book is an intriguing read.

Book Review: Gone Girl - by Gillian Flynn

An astounding, deranged and dangerous masterpiece

Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
Published by Broadway Books
Genres: Fiction, Mystery, Crime, Thriller, Contemporary
Pages: 422 
Format: Paperback 




I am nearly 4 years late in reading this much talked about book. Finally, I decided to give it a go. Usually, I love to read a book in a single day; however, it was difficult with “Gone Girl”. I nearly took a week to finish this book. Reason: This book is a slow burn for the first part. First 20% of this book is seriously sleep inducing and I was on the verge of putting this book on my shelf of “did not finish” AKA “for later reading”. I continued reading on my sheer will to give this book a try.