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

4.0

This was an entertaining, and quite short, book, but I feel that it could have been better. Set in a world similar to the old TV series "Kung Fu", the title character is on a journey of vengeance across the old West. The author mixes in a lot of mystic elements, a la Gabriel Garcia Marquez or Isabel Allende, but it seems like he tries too hard. Sometimes a 100 point dictionary word brings the narrative to a screeching mental halt unnecessarily, sometimes the prosaic waxing just goes on too long. All in all the story was entertaining and wrapped up quickly enough that I was willing to hang in there for the end, which had a good twist. Recommended, but not at the top of the list.