A Lady Cyclist's Guide to Kashgar is a book told in two times. On one hand, you have sisters, Lizzie and Eva, as missionaries whose mission has gone awry. On the other, you have Frieda in present day London. There is, of course, a connection between the two stories but it doesn't come together until the end.

There were a lot of things that I liked about the book. First, I really liked the setting, especially in the historical story. Kashgar is a very old city on the Silk Road. You get a great picture of what it looks like and what the people in the book are like. You don't get as much of a sense of what Frieda's London is about.

There are also a couple different themes. This first is religion. Lizzie and Eva are missionaries. Lizzie is incredibly religious. Eva is much more interested in writing a bicycle guide for Kashgar. I really wish that the author explained a little bit more about Lizzie and Millicent's (the leader of the mission)hypocrisy. There is so much material there and I definitely think that it could make things a little bit stronger.

I did like the connection between the two stories but you could definitely see what the ending was. I wish that we would have learned a little more about Frieda's family. I thought the connections could have had more detail.

I liked this book but there were so many places where I think it would have been nice to have a little more.