A review by nerissassippi
Lost Horizon by James Hilton

3.0

This is an interesting story, both because of its historical legacy of Shangri-La and for its look into the psyche of at least one Brit after WWI. The emotional devastation after the war is evident in some of the weariness than Conway feels and in the epochal warnings of the high Lama. It presents Eastern religions as a balm for the wounds caused by the outside world with hints of Buddhist and Confucian mindsets. Though the tale felt a little shallow and rushed to me. I would have liked for Hilton to have spent more time on the Conway's struggle with his final decision.