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Summary: I am Durien Sanchez-Pujols from NY durien@aol.com
Review: This book impressed me i am only 15yrs old and this is a great classic. It talks about one of the most beautiful places in the world. I would recomended to anybody.
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Summary: So idyllic, it's scary
Review: At first I really identified with the character of Hugh Conway--- how neat to be given your own paradise to rule, right? Wrong. As much as he seems to want to live and let live, he is simply applying Western imperialistic thought in a Eastern setting... so really as much as he wants to escape imperialism, he takes over this imperialistic ruled society--- remember he sucedes a Belgian priest. Aside from this, the whole story is about avoiding conflict at almost any cost--- personally, without this conflict how does one know she is alive? Alas, I found the character of Hugh passionless on the whole and felt sorry for nothing drove him really.... except, and here's the irony, his determination and passion at the end is finally seen when he trecks back on a quest to find that Shrangri-la he left behind. Isn't that the way life is though....
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Summary: Not much of a plot
Review: There wasn't much of a plot in this book. Nothing exciting happens, and nothing is deffinate. There isn't much of an ending either.. the only reason i kept reading it was because i liked the size of the book.. heh
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Summary: A book of excelence.
Review: Its been about a year since I first read it and there are no words to describe it. Just one of those things that give you a good feeling inside. Along with a bit of a new perspective of life. An easy read, one that will be hard to put down. It will make you want to visit Shangri la.
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Summary: Is paradise lost or just hiding?
Review: I first read this book at the age of 12 and it has stood up to subsequent re-readings over the past 33 years! I am still moved by the subtle use of music to convey information, and as distressed as ever by the tensions between Eastern and Western thought. The ending was heartbreaking for a 12 year old girl...the suggestion that you really can not have it all, that decisions need to be made and sometimes compromises. In fact, I still find that heartbreaking. For a similarly intriguing adventure, try Islandia by Austing Tappen Wright. And, as an alternate take on Shangri-la, try the Arthur C. Clarke short story, "The 10 Billion Names of God."
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Summary: I did not enjoy this book because it is so slow and boring.
Review: I read this book with no idea of how good or bad it would be. It turned out bad. It is very boring, makes little sense half the time, and has no climax. It's attempt at climax is boring and so sudden that you think the author wrote it while watching TV.
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Summary: This is a real cool book!!!
Review: I'm only a 14 year old boy but once i read this book,geez, i couldn't put it down...you ask urself if it's real or not??? Is there really a Shangri-la or Mt. Karakal??? It makes you wonder... if life is like that of the characters...it's a real cool book!
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Summary: I Liked the Bathtubs from Akron
Review: How convenient that Shangri-la has so much gold that it can afford bringing in extravagant outside goods like the bathtubs from Ohio. Apart from that obvious weakness in the plot, though, this is still a pleasant book, and the reason Hilton gives us for Shangri-la's existence -- a refuge for civilization during the next war -- is a haunting one considering the book's being written so close to World War II, and then doubly haunting considering its eventual nullification by the atom bomb (whose effects could reach Shangri-la and destroy it along with the rest of the world). The novel is somewhat long on talk and short on action, and all but the main character are too one-dimensional (hence I must downgrade to a "6"), but you're still better off reading it than not. Certainly beats the heck out of "The Celestine Prophecy" and its like, both in content and delivery.
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Summary: It changed and shaped my life!
Review: When I was a teenager, I went to see the movie Lost Horizon seven times. During my 73 years, I read the book many times. After I retired, I made four trips to that part of the world, and spent many months each time searching for that wonderful Shangri-La dream. If you have never read Hilton's classic, and you are a person with an optimistic spiritual outlook, then The Lost Horizon is a must for you. If you read it and want to believe it, then you should visit Burma and the temples of the ancient city of Pagon, and then spend time in the three kingdoms of the Himalayas: Nepal, Ladakh and Bhutan, in that order. You will be moved to tell others, or write about your spiritual experience. I was so moved, and wrote Evolution To Sainthood. May your days be filled with the magic of life! Sirrom (Edward Morris)
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Summary: awesome.
Review: This book will take you to the Himalayas. It is surreal and yet very real. No matter if you have never been to the Himalayas before, you see them, feel them and live them through this book. In the end, you don't want to come back to this world.
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