A review by sdawson
The Romance of the Three Kingdoms by Luo Guanzhong

4.0

Technically I read most of this in 2020 but that whole year owes me (and everyone else on the planet) big time so whatever.

I want to say that this was a fun time, and I mean it kind of was. As a huge fan of Dynasty Warriors I was thrilled to get my hands on this. It took me FOREVER to get through though and not gonna lie it pissed me off like twenty times. The game takes a lot of liberties and the book just did not hold up to the version of these well loved characters that I have kept in the memory bank of my noggin for the past fifteen years.

Spoiler Cao Pi beheads Zhen Ji and I lost my whole damn mind.


However, a book that remains as popular as this one has after all this time, has got to get credit where it's due. I think if you are also a fan of the games, you will enjoy this for the most part. I don't think I'd recommend it to anyone else though.