lillianwlz 's review for:

The Stone Monkey by Jeffery Deaver

4.25

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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This is a Chinese story, and as a Chinese I am grateful that Jeffery Deaver had created those lovely Chinese characters (though sometimes they can still be stereotyped). It’s very interesting to see a foreign writer trying to explain the concepts in Chinese culture and Jeffery definitely did very good research. 
But having read four of his books, I do find that his writing can be “homiletic” and unnecessarily informative.