350 reviews for:

The Thousand Crimes of Ming Tsu

Tom Lin

3.57 AVERAGE

leensguine's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark reflective fast-paced

cacooney5's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous dark tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

jnice2's review against another edition

3.75

dark mysterious medium-paced

drebaer's review against another edition

3.25

adventurous mysterious reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

wcmills55's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I thought it was okay. The comparisons to Cormac are understandable only because it is a western where people are killed. The prose is juvenile at times, but the story is very engaging and interesting. It is at times cliched and derivative of westerns that come before it, but I appreciate the fresh perspective and unique cast of characters. I enjoyed the mysticism and honestly wished that was fleshed out more. In all, a unique take on the western revenge trope, but lacked the prose to be compared to Cormac or McMurtry. 

eli_romary's review against another edition

2.0

sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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It could’ve been so much better. And to its credit, it was a quick read. But ugh. 

eleventeen's review against another edition

3.0

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This could have been more than it was but in the end I was left pondering if I should buy another Larry McMurtry to encounter the magic I was expecting from this book. Still, there are moments of it, shining feebly, in this tale of Ming Tsu and his quest towards Californee and the characters in the circus troupe he goes along with. Not horrible, just disappointing.

dearheartavian's review against another edition

3.5

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ridiculously slow start, took me 10 days to get to like pg. 70, but then i blew through 200 pages in one night. predictable but fun

mmathis's review against another edition

4.0

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A Chinese-American assassin is on the trail of vengeance after his wife is kidnapped and taken from him.

shinobipaws's review against another edition

4.0

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Haiku
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A man, a burden
Stoicism is retold
Duty is a curse
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Love, an afterthought
Or before, but hardly now
Sitting on vengeance
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Misfits and bandits
Outsiders across the lands
Blind leading the damned
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They never get it
Who we are versus the world
Blending in and out

3.5