Reviews - Journey to the West: The Monkey King's Amazing Adventures

515 reviews for:

Journey to the West: The Monkey King's Amazing Adventures

Timothy Richard

3.91 AVERAGE

phytophthora's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous funny relaxing fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

em_an_hu's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous funny informative slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

jackelz's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH

I think I was reading the wrong edition

sperks's review against another edition

5.0

I am in love with this story. This translation is one of my favourite books now. It honestly had no right to be as funny as it did. I even enjoyed reading the introduction! My one complaint is that there isn't more of it; a fair number of adventures were abridged and brushed over. I first thought this was a positive -- the original text is a lot longer -- since it meant it wouldn't be such a big time investment. But it turned out to be so readable and fun that I would have gladly taken a 1000 page version. I might actually grab another, more complete translation though I'm not sure how it'll compare to the translation style of Julia Lovell.