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Ghost Month (2014)

by Ed Lin(Favorite Author)

3.23 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

1616953268 (ISBN13: 9781616953263)

languge

English

genre

Fiction

publisher

Soho Crime

review 1: A great introduction to Taipei and Taiwan culture (especially food, pop music, and religion), the mystery takes a back seat to the setting - not that mystery isn't pretty good too. An everyday guy, trapped by a family debt to a gang and threatened by the CIA, forges ahead with his personal investigation into the death of a long-time girlfriend. For those who like mysteries with an international flavor (ala Bangkok 8), give it a try.
review 2: Enjoyable enough as place porn for Taiwan-heads. I felt that the mystery/thriller story could have been pretty good too, if I'd been able to care even a little bit about the protagonist. But he was just...empty. I feel like the author tried too hard to make him an "ordinary guy"; especially compared with the other characte... morers, who were mostly caricatures. The crazy nerd loser, the crazy obsessive rich bitch, the manic pixie dream girl. Meanwhile, Julia, clearly the most interesting of the bunch, is dead the whole time. Too bad. less

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