Book review: And the mountains echoed.



Kahlid Hosseini’s stories are based on war torn Afghanistan, not exactly war stories but how the war had ripple effect on the lives of the people of Afghanistan at that time. His story makes you curious and makes you feel and think.

This is one of the peculiarity of Khalid hosseini’s story that some parts of the story stay, it stays with you. Same is with this story.
And the mountains echoed is not specifically about the destruction due to war but due to loath and greed and selfishness in humans heart.

This stories goes through 3 generation and unfolds each layer slowly and beautifully.
Its about people leaving Afghanistan due to war or other reasons and then visiting and re visiting their pasts.
There are some bold topics taken up in this book like homosexuality and rebellious woman in Afghanistan!
There were few characters’ story I felt were left incomplete ( how did Roshi coming to America and write a book, Idris after returning from Afghanista, Gholum after his father dies)
The ending of the book is tragically beautiful. It ends with the exact same story it started with but not the way I expected it to. But whats the fun if you can predict the book you are reading? ;)

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