You cant just ignore it once you start.

The cover page tells you the entire story but, its
difficult to infer at the first glance. Once you open it, you will find the start as watching a 3D Disney
movie with divs and jins. But once you start flowing in the emotions of Yaqub for his son Qais you
cant put it down. Till the end of fairy tale you know what is going to follow in the rest of the story.
As always, character mapping by Hosseini is as real as it can ever be. The bond between
Abdullah and her little sister Pari is heart-warming. First 130 and the last 60 gives you the lead story,
the rest is filled with many short little stories of after-math of Afghan war. Particularly the story of
Roshi and Idis may just break your heart. Its one of those stories which leave your heart grinded with
compound emotions of joy melancholy sympathy and humanism.
If you have read A Thousand Splendid Suns then this one is a must read for you. If you put
your heart {rather than brain} to read, you will love most of its short stories and characters
and hate as many of them. A finger must be cut to save the Hand. grind