Title: Song of the Silk Road by Mingmei Yip
Paperback: 352 pages
Publisher: Kensington; 1 edition (April 1, 2011)
Genre: contemporary fiction, travel
Rating: 4/5
In a nutshell: Lily Lin, a graduate student in New York who grew up in Hong Kong, is offered three million dollars by an aunt she has never heard of. But first she must travel along China's famed Silk Road and across the desolate Taklamakan Desert--and carry out a series of strange and almost impossible tasks along the way. Lily meets Alex, a young American also traveling across China who offers to accompany her on her journey and who falls in love with her. The ending of the journey reveals huge surprises for Lily that change her perception of herself and her life as she knew it.
Comments: Lily is not always a likeable person as she is stubborn, could be seen as promiscuous, and uses very expressive language at times, but her six to eight month trip along the Silk Road is informative and entertaining, travel wise, and her unusual story has an interesting twist at the end that helps to set her on a firmer path.
© Harvee Lau 2011
This book is my personal copy.
I love books set in this time period and area, and would love to read this one when I can. It sounds like it was a very interesting read, if a little saucy at times! I am sure that I would enjoy this one. Great review!
ReplyDeleteExcellent review and I appreciate not being spoiled. You have piqued my interest :)
ReplyDeleteI think I might like this one. I had added to my wish list about a month ago --can't recall where I read about it. Thanks for sharing and hope you had a nice holiday.
ReplyDeleteI loved your thoughts on this one. I'm always interested in books that take place in the Orient and this one intrigues me big time!
ReplyDeleteI love travel books and books about China. This one was the best of both worlds. Lily is strong and thats what I liked about her
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