martinatan 's review for:

Monkey King: Journey to the West by Julia Lovell, Wu Ch'eng-En
3.0
adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

Good nostalgia trip and helps me tie together all the chapters of this I used to read for Chinese school. I enjoyed how colorful and humorous this translation was, it really made me fond of the epic and these characters I have know since childhood. I wish the translation could cover even more adventures like the baby-shaped fruit story :) So it inevitably felt a little fast paced but it got at the spirit of the original.