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This book is TEDIOUS! It claims to be about a man trying to solve the mystery of the murder of the girlfriend he hasn't seen in 6 years.* But really it's one LONG passage after another describing & dissecting Taiwan's history, religions, cultural diversity, food, politics, & architecture. At first I liked these random lectures as I don't know a whole lot about Taiwan & the background was interesting. But the little nuggets of plot between essays⬇️

An atmospheric read of the underworld crime set in Taipei #Taiwan I will definitely read more of Ed Lin. He had just the right amount of humor in his thriller. Every page was infused with food detail. #ReadingAsia2021 @BarbaraBB @Librarybelle

Wow wish I would have read @DGRachel post about Ghost Month before reading it because that review really sums up the story well! This is by far my least favorite book of the year. #ReadingAsia #Taiwan

Sometimes, you really should trust the Litsy ratings on a book. 😒 This was tedious. If you took out all the nonsensical drooling over the rock band, Joy Division, by the MC/narrator it would have been half as long and 100 times more interesting. The solution to the mystery was ridiculous and I spent most of the book wishing the MC had been the murder victim not his ex-girlfriend. #Taiwan #ReadingAsia2021 Bailey is also not impressed.

Tel Aviv Noir is seriously letting me down, so I think I‘m going to set it aside for the evening and start Ghost Month. The Litsy ratings aren‘t great, but I‘m hoping I don‘t hate it. 🤞🏻 I don‘t want to fall behind on my July reading goals already!

Birthday book delivery #1: Ghost Month is my #readingasia2021 choice for #Taiwan and Thus Spoke Zarathustra is my latest #BlameItOnDizis #Çukur purchase, as it was featured in last Monday‘s episode.

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If you go into this expecting it to focus on the mystery you'll be disappointed. I personally didn't mind that the mystery took a backseat to the author taking us on a journey through the sights, sounds, and tastes of the Taipei Night Market. All the descriptions of the traditions of Ghost Month I found fascinating.

#readingaroundtheworld #Taiwan #nightmarket As a murder mystery it wasn‘t much, but as a flavor filled glimpse at the multi-layered gangster world, the different ethnic rivalries and the night markets of Taiwan it was quite enjoyable.

This is my first #ReadAroundTheWorldChallenge book of 2020! The country for this month is #Taiwan and I chose this noir-inspired mystery to listen to! It certainly has a lot of details on life in Taiwan and Taipei specifically! There are a lot of cultural points made clear and while I can see some being frustrated at the way this slows the pacing, I actually enjoyed these sections. It made for a great fit for the challenge! #AudioColoring

I really wanted to like this one, a murder mystery set in a Taipei market. But I got 45% in and still hadn‘t gotten to the mystery- just a lot of description about the Taipei market, and the lead‘s love of the band Joy Division. Moving on to other things now..

Didn't enjoy this as much as I had hoped. Took some time to get going too.

Anyone else read this? Good so far.