![]() And that's a big problem for me when I'm reading a book. It made it virtually impossible to feel connected or invested in any of them. The episodic manner in which the book is written became frustrating and did a disservice to the characters. The men were mainly written as overbearing, chauvinist tyrants and the women as scared and weak willed even after the 'liberation' of the country. True or not, the tales seemed almost clichéd and they were superficial enough that it was difficult to care about 90% of the characters. I felt that it was not an exceptionally deep or probing look into life in Afghanistan. I was wrong on both counts and because of this I found it very slow going. I thought that it was going to follow the life of the *Bookseller* of Kabul (silly, I know) and I also thought it would be told in a straightforward novel style (based on true events, of course). ![]() Maybe it's my own fault as I went into it with expectations. ![]()
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