• Rated 5 stars

“A great allegory about religions and their prophets. It really made me think about the nature of belief and the role of religion. It was also very interesting how some of the prophets' stories were changed or distorted.”

Tomoko wrote this review Wednesday, May 23 2007. ( reply | permalink )

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• Rated 5 stars

“Beautiful ,sad and profound, one of my childhood favorites. When I have my own children this is one of the books I would like to give them to read.”

Tomoko wrote this review Friday, May 18 2007. ( reply | permalink )

• Rated 3 stars

“I found parts of this book interesting but I also thought it was a bit pretentious and wordy. It is probably an unfair accusation, but I feel that it was written so as to appeal to American readers and their way of thinking.”

Tomoko wrote this review Friday, May 18 2007. ( reply | permalink )

• Rated 4 stars

“An elderly man wakes up in a room and he does not remember who he is or how he got there. A very gripping story (or two stories?). If you read books to find out what's going on, this may not be a book for you. If you like it when some things are left unexplained you'll love it.”

Tomoko wrote this review Friday, May 18 2007. ( reply | permalink )

• Rated 5 stars

“Great recipes and a lot of useful tips. I like the way the book is organized according to different spices and the extra information about each kind of spice.”

Tomoko wrote this review Sunday, May 13 2007. ( reply | permalink )

• Rated 2 stars

“One of the few rare cases where I thought that the film was better than the book.”

Tomoko wrote this review Thursday, May 10 2007. ( reply | permalink )

• Rated 5 stars

“A real eye-opener and a very good piece of journalism. It should be a compulsory read for Westerners on cross-cultural communication. It describes a Hmong (an ethnic group from Laos) family living in the US and dealing with the illness of their daughter. I really liked the way the author shows how the same facts can be perceived differently by different people. I didn't know anything about the Hmong before reading the book, so it was fascinating to find out about their history and culture.”

Tomoko wrote this review Thursday, May 10 2007. ( reply | permalink )

• Rated 5 stars

“This book describes an eventful Saturday in life of a successful middle-aged neurosurgeon and it was so good I read it in one sitting, also on a Saturday. It is etremely well written and I found the thoughts of the main character very interesting. If in a 100 years time somebody was looking for a book that gives a good picture of life at the beginning of the 21st century, I would recommend exactly this book.”

Tomoko wrote this review Sunday, May 6 2007. ( reply | permalink )

• Rated 5 stars

“A beautiful intricate book. One of the examples which prove that it is possible to write a great fascinating novel about simple everyday things. ”

Tomoko wrote this review Tuesday, May 1 2007. ( reply | permalink )

• Rated 5 stars

“A beautiful poignant book dealing with very difficult issues. It is hard to believe that it is the author's first novel. ”

Tomoko wrote this review Monday, April 2 2007. ( reply | permalink )