This isn't like any other book. It's more like abstract poetry. There is no plot, the characters are hazy except in their relationship, which is dissected minutely by each party. It is like a modern fable set in a nondescript Middle Eastern country and each short chapter is like a line of the poem.

I realised this early on and read it as such, so I enjoyed it more than other reviewers seem to have. It's more about the feeling it gives you. I liked the use of a friend's stories to show how others see the couple. I also liked that the writer of the letters in the letter section is ambiguous and could be either Amir or Jamila. I liked that the ending was unclear. They could have parted forever or they could have reunited. It depends on how you feel - tragic or hopeful.

It was, admittedly, a bit ambitious and perhaps too long for what it was. However, the short chapters made it easy to read, which with this kind of writing, is very important. - Angela

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