A review by elevyn
The Thousand Crimes of Ming Tsu by Tom Lin

3.0

This book is very well written and I will first acknowledge that part of the lower review is more of a reflection of how chaotic my life has been and how difficult it has been to really enter any book recently. However, also playing into my rating is the sheer amount of murder and death - this book is unsurprisingly pretty gory, but by the end it really started to seem a touch over the top and it gets to a point where, despite the main character’s personal journey and arch, he continues to resort only to that. It’s less the gore that was getting to me and more the sheer volume of it without reprieve.