Not sure why he had to include so many story lines. It got to be too much for me and I couldn't wait for it to end. I still enjoyed it overall but it could have been 200 pages shorter in my opinion...

its flow and inter-connectedness - its ability to span lifetimes yet keep them related

Great, as they all are.

Must read

I got this book because I I love and respect Hosseini's works. Like his other books, this book takes the reader on deeply wonderful journey of complex characters with poignant stories that stays with the reader for a long time. I had to listen to the book a second time to fill in some of what I missed the first time. Hosseini's characters are always well fleshed out and the details in his stories are so intricately textured.This book underscores how as human beings we make decisions because in the moment we feel these decisions are the best given the circumstances. Many times, however, these decisions change the courses of lives and even those of subsequent generations. The narrators did not detract from the story for me. Rather, they gave the story more credibility and their voices seemed "right to me." This author has me for life! If he scribbles on a paper napkin I will be reading it! If you like Hosseini's other books you may love this even more! Go ahead and get it, I promise this one will haunt your soul.

I found this book a little hard to get into however, the longer I listened the more the stories echoed in my ears and heart. I fell in love with it.

Pari~ She captured my imagination.

boring with hard to follow passages. I do not like the way the author spread this book out. and the accents were so difficult to understand. I do not recommend.

I loved "The Kite Runner" and expected a good story. I was bored by the audible book.

Different performers.

No

Yes - many times.

I loved all the characters...Abdullah and Pari, Nabi and Suleiman, Parwana and Masooma. As Nabi explains: "We are waiting, all of us, against insurmountable odds, for something extraordinary to happen to us." Listening to this book was an extraordinary experience.

This is by far my favorite of all of Khaled Hosseini's books. I love it when the author reads their own story, but the addition of the other two narrators was perfect. As soon as I heard Shohreh Aghdashloo's voice, I knew I would love this story. I appreciated the richness of the three narrators' voices, the strong accents that brought the story to life, and the emotional tenderness that the three were able to convey through their voices. I'm so happy I chose to listen to this book - although I have since bought hard copies for my children as gifts.

The narrators were fantastic. This was, perhaps, the best listening experience I've had yet with an audible book. I highly recommend it.

Yes, I would read more from him. I enjoyed both the Kite Runner and 1000 Splended Suns. This one was good, but not quite a match for either of them. I like this author.

I felt I knew how it was going to end up.

Yes. But, I had to listen very closely due to the accent.

Yes, of course.

The book is an excellent story though very complex in the development of the characters. It covers an extended period of time and illustrates the sequence of the Afghanistan history. The character development and the sense of what people did and went through to survive are very real in the book.

Difficult to understand narrators. heavy accents detracted from the story line as I couldn't always understand what they were saying.