Once, when I picked up a book from the local library, the librarian asked to tell her what I thought about the book when I would bring it back. Well, why not write a few lines about all the books I read so everybody could see what I thought about it? I'm often also happy to have friends recommend a certain book or tell me this and that is not really worth reading. I won't comment about the tons of books I have read so far, but about books I read from now on.
| highly recommended | sehr empfohlen | |
| good reading | gutes lesematerial | |
| average | durchschnittlich | |
| not too interesting | nicht allzu interessant | |
| recommended not to read it | empfehlung das buch nicht zu lesen |
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| title | Beautiful Ghosts |
| author | Eliot Pattison |
| ISBN-10 | 0-09942-284-0 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-099-42284-6 |
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| date | 2008-Jul-04 |
Shan Tao Yun, once a successful Chinese investigator, was put in prison and working camp, because of his success. Since his release he lives in the mountains of Tibet.
Shan planned to go on a retreat for meditation after the festival. However, during the festival something happens in the cave and seems to have driven the lama Surya mad. There is also a pond of blood deep down in the cave, but no injury or body to go with it. When then finally some helicopters with troops arrive, Shan decides he could not possibly find peace in meditation until he knows more about what has happened in the cave, not expecting the kind of troubles and dangers he is about to face.
A well written thriller in a different setting from the mainstream. Sometimes I did not really see how the characters in the story came to their conclusions, but this well structured story makes still for a good read.
