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Baldacci's latest offering--a sweet holiday tale--is a departure from his last thriller, Last Man Standing (2001). Tom Langdon is a former war reporter who now writes feature articles for various magazines. Banned from flying on airplanes after a hostile incident at an airport security checkpoint, Langdon is forced to take a cross-country train from Washington, D.C., to L.A., where his girlfriend is waiting to spend Christmas with him. As he begins talking to the passengers and staff aboard the train, he meets an eccentric older woman who seems to be a regular rider, a young couple preparing to marry on the train, and a former Catholic priest. To Tom's shock, the former love of his life, Eleanor, is also aboard the train. Sparks fly between them, bringing up old feelings along with the unresolved issues from their relationship. Tom realizes this might be his second chance with Eleanor, but a series of unexpected events may derail his plans. This latest Baldacci might not appeal to all of the fans who lap up his fast-paced thrillers, but the heartwarming holiday story might win him new fans who enjoy seasonal tales. Kristine Huntley
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Eine wunderbare Weihnachtsgeschichte von Bestsellerautor David Baldacci, voller Spannung, Humor und Romantik. Schauplatz ist ein Zug, der von New York quer durch Amerika Richtung Los Angeles fährt. Eine Eisenbahnfahrt von Washington bis nach Los Angeles, wie einst Mark Twain sie unternahm - damit will der Journalist Tom Langdon seine Freundin Lelia Gibson zu Weihnachten überraschen. Er ahnt nicht, dass die interessanten Menschen, die er auf seiner Reise trifft, sein Leben auf ungeahnte Weise verändern werden. Vor allem Eleanor Carter, seine frühere Geliebte, der er unverhofft wieder begegnet.
Als der Zug in den verschneiten Rocky Mountains in einer Lawine stecken bleibt, kommt es nicht nur zu einem improvisierten Weihnachtsfest unter den Passagieren, sondern für Tom Langdon auch zu einer dramatischen Entscheidung mitten im Schneesturm . . .
Als der Zug in den verschneiten Rocky Mountains in einer Lawine stecken bleibt, kommt es nicht nur zu einem improvisierten Weihnachtsfest unter den Passagieren, sondern für Tom Langdon auch zu einer dramatischen Entscheidung mitten im Schneesturm . . .
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I have read several of David Baldacci's books and he is a very gifted thriller author. But he really excels and outshines himself when he's writing a non-thriller. This is the second non-thriller by Baldacci which I read and just as "The Wishing Well", it is simply superb.
In the book, Tom Langdon, a journalist, travels by train from Washington D.C to Los Angeles during Christmas season. To do so, he has to take the Capitol Limited from Washington D.C. to Chicago, and from there the Southwest Chief to LA. Even though it is one single story, when Langdon changes the train, the flow of the story also changes.
In the first part Baldacci plays a lot with language and expressions in a pleasant way. And he does a terrific job of capturing the atmosphere of such a multi-day train ride. I can't speak for American railroad travel, but I have myself done a fair bit of longhaul travel by train in Europe and Asia, among others also along one of the venerable Trans-Siberian routes. And the way this journey is described by the author, it caused me to remember my own journeys and often I had to say "Yes, this is exactly the way it is on the train."
The second part of the book is then more kept on the exciting side with action and unexpected happenings.
Even though it is a fabulous book, I do have a small complaint: do yourself a favour and read only the first paragraph of the last chapter (about one page) and just skip the last four pages. They are fine, but the story is simply nicer without them.
In the book, Tom Langdon, a journalist, travels by train from Washington D.C to Los Angeles during Christmas season. To do so, he has to take the Capitol Limited from Washington D.C. to Chicago, and from there the Southwest Chief to LA. Even though it is one single story, when Langdon changes the train, the flow of the story also changes.
In the first part Baldacci plays a lot with language and expressions in a pleasant way. And he does a terrific job of capturing the atmosphere of such a multi-day train ride. I can't speak for American railroad travel, but I have myself done a fair bit of longhaul travel by train in Europe and Asia, among others also along one of the venerable Trans-Siberian routes. And the way this journey is described by the author, it caused me to remember my own journeys and often I had to say "Yes, this is exactly the way it is on the train."
The second part of the book is then more kept on the exciting side with action and unexpected happenings.
Even though it is a fabulous book, I do have a small complaint: do yourself a favour and read only the first paragraph of the last chapter (about one page) and just skip the last four pages. They are fine, but the story is simply nicer without them.
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Unterhaltsame Weihnachtslektüre, für alle Eisenbahnfans und für die, die and die Liebe glauben oder sich einfach ein bißchen verzaubern lassen wollen. Die manchmal etwas langatmig scheinenden Beschreibungen von Mitreisenden und Begebenheiten fügen sich erst ganz zum Schluss zu einem großen Puzzlebild zusammen. Man muss wirklich bis zur letzten Seite lesen, denn die anscheinend so typische Liebesgeschichte mit vorhersehbarem Happyend bekommt am Ende ein paar interessante, völlig unerwartete Wendungen.
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Baldacci's Christmas novel is one of the books I have intended to read for years. Now I have finished it, and must say that it is one of the most boring books I have ever read.
Baldacci is not capable of evoking a Christmas feeling at all because his description of the landscape is so averaged that you only have a vague picture of snow in your mind. It gets a bit dramatic by the last quarter of the book, but nontheless it is not anything that really entertains you.The dialogues seemed pretentious to me from the beginning, they are not genuine but imitated, as well as the characters. The course of the story seems predictable as everything is so over-romantic that makes you want to stop reading, but the end tops it all with its incredibility. I do not want to reveal anything, but anyway, if you want to get a Christmas feeling I'd reccommend you to read something else.
Baldacci is not capable of evoking a Christmas feeling at all because his description of the landscape is so averaged that you only have a vague picture of snow in your mind. It gets a bit dramatic by the last quarter of the book, but nontheless it is not anything that really entertains you.The dialogues seemed pretentious to me from the beginning, they are not genuine but imitated, as well as the characters. The course of the story seems predictable as everything is so over-romantic that makes you want to stop reading, but the end tops it all with its incredibility. I do not want to reveal anything, but anyway, if you want to get a Christmas feeling I'd reccommend you to read something else.
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