Story Description:
St. Martin’s Press|December 21, 2010|Trade
Paperback|ISBN: 978-0-312-67444-1
In the final days of a falling Saigon, The Lotus Eaters unfolds the story of
three remarkable photographers brought together under the impossible umbrella
of war: Helen Adams, a once-naïve ingénue whose ambition conflicts with her
desire over the course of the fighting: Linh, the mysterious Vietnamese man who
loves her, but is torn between conflicting loyalties to his homeland and his
heart; and Sam Darrow, a man addicted to the narcotic of violence, to his
intoxicating affair with Helen and to the ever-increasing danger of his
job. All three become transformed by the
conflict they have risked everything to record.
In this much-heralded debut, Tatjana Soli creates a
searing portrait of three souls trapped by their impossible passions,
contrasting wrenching horror of combat and the treachery of obsession with the
redemptive power of love.
My Review:
Just my luck to get a second book in a row that I did
not enjoy at all. I found The Lotus Eaters to be not only boring,
flat, lacking character, uninteresting plot-line, and the most unenjoyable
writing I’ve ever perused.
Just because I didn’t like it doesn’t mean that you
won’t, so go ahead and give it a try and I sincerely hope you enjoy it more
than I did.
I can’t even write a proper review as I disliked the
book that much and didn’t think it would be fair to do that.
Good luck!
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