Reviews for The Lotus Eaters

The average rating for The Lotus Eaters based on 2 reviews is 4.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2010-07-09 00:00:00 Shay Walsh Update... This is such a wonderful book. It's a kindle download today for $1.99. I can't recommend it enough. Great price for an outstanding read!!!! Older ... semi review... I loved the 'Lotus Eaters' (I don't think I took time to write reviews on Goodreads at the time when I read it). I loved 'The Lotus Eaters' so much that I pre-ordered Tatjana Soli's 2nd book "The Forgetting Tree". (which I'm now reading). Its also 'fantastic'! (very engaging...'a page turner') My only regret...(I gave away my signed copy of "The Lotus Eaters" (the beautiful hard copy). Some books are worth keeping and re-reading... "The Lotus Eaters" is that type of book! Damn....(I blew it).... However, I have a 2nd chance of recovery with "The Forgetting Tree". (I love this story 'as' much). I'm keeping this copy. Tatjana will be in the Bay Area speaking Nov. 1st (Kepler's Book Store in Menlo Park). I can't wait to hear her speak again. This time I will have finished reading it 'before' seeing her. (very fun). Both books written 'beautiful'.

Review # 2 was written on 2017-12-04 00:00:00 Jason Spiegel In the final days of a falling Saigon, this story is told of photographers covering the war. But more importantly, it's told from the point of view of a woman photographer. Helen Adams is young, she drops out of college and goes to Vietnam as she wants to go before the war is over. Also, her brother was killed there and she wants to find out more about it. Her story is told of her two lovers and fellow photographers. Linh, a local Vietnamese man who is haunted by his past and Darrow, an American who thrives on capturing the war on film. What I liked about this one is that it was told from the point of view of a woman. Back during this time, it seemed almost unheard of. Helen is young and naive and you watch her grow through the telling of her story. You watch how she changes so much as she is so conflicted by everything that she sees. At times, I was so aggravated by her. She shows up, not knowing too much about photography, and is embedded with troops, taking photos. They are worried about 'seeing a woman hurt in war' and how it would effect the men. She arrives and immediately jumps into Darrows bed, knowing he's a married man. She starts to get stronger and some of the stuff she shoots is incredible. But the first sign of something difficult mentally for her, she flees. But no matter how much I was disappointed in her actions, I still liked her and wanted her to succeed. She then turns to Linh, where she transforms even more. All of the characters are transformed by the war. I have never read a book around this time/area and at times I felt lost not know the history. But that's just me, wanting to learn more about this history. It's a fascinating story and one that made me gasp out loud at one point, which is rare for me. I listened to the audio and loved it. Listening to it made me think this is such a beautiful story with horrors included. Such a strange mix. I'm so glad I read this one and look forward to reading more of this time period.