I was recommended it too but in 11th grade !

ikr! like always… either they are very bad at making movies or our imaginations are too powerful to be reckoned with🤣

As someone with a south Asian background, most of the cultural aspects of the book were easier for me to understand, and I see how it can differ with different cultural backgrounds. Some of the farsi , Arabic, and urdu words which were dropped occasionally in the book were quite easy for me to infer the meaning of due to my background, and therefore it was all the more appealing to me. So this can definitely be a big factor to not liking the book right? I personally had like no proper knowledge on Afghanistan’s history as of this manner, and this has been a nice introduction to it. We are being shown the sufferings of thousands just through the portrayal of a few characters and I think it sends out quite the message.

Yeah! I too think the book is way better than the movie (as in most cases) and it’s better that we leave the visualisation of the graphic scenes upto our imaginations.

‘For you, a thousand times over’ the way this single phrase made me cry everytime it showed up.

yeah, watching a graphic scene is very different from reading one, cause the latter solely/very largely depends on the readers imagination.

I feel you… am sure you will get over this in due time and be able to read them again though :)

The fact that this book is actually 2 decades old blows me away, because of how relevant it still is.

The lowland by Jhumpa Lahiri ig?