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

5.0

I’ve struggled to finish books this year, and while my reading of THE THOUSAND CRIMES OF MING TSU was slow going, I never felt the urge to abandon it. Tom Lin’s voice is both lyrical and abrupt. His western has a certain magical realism quality to it, especially once Ming falls in with a circus group, all of whom have mystical abilities. Ming Tsu is on a quest for revenge, and it doesn’t take long to realize it won’t end well for him. It’s the fact this story managed to dig its teeth into me and not let go that made it an easy call for me to give it five stars. Lin delivers gunslinging, blood-filled trip through the Old West, and I’m eager to read whatever journey he writes next.