Reviews

The parallels between the 3 storylines were drawn very well. The convergence was a little abrupt, but it ended up all making sense. The inclusion of the Monkey King was a great way to blend realism and myths.

leung3356's review against another edition

Go to review page

adventurous funny inspiring lighthearted fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

annieice's review against another edition

Go to review page

4.0

wow so metaphorical! interesting story and so powerful and true, the illustrations were nice, but reading Chinkee's dialogues was hard, I know it was intentional though. I like that all three POVs come together, really cool.

ianthereader0's review against another edition

Go to review page

4.0

3.75

I enjoyed this, but I feel like it needed just a little bit more to wrap it up. It all came together nicely, but I think it should have been expanded on a bit more.

mehsi's review against another edition

Go to review page

1.0

Let's just say I heard great things about this book, and I was excited to read it. Sadly it was not meant to be.

It was confusing, we had three stories (and I truly only liked Jin's story), they all connect and such, but sorry I am still confused as to how everything connects, how everything in the end turned together. Maybe because I skipped parts (sorry but that Danny story part just made me want to smack people, so many stereotypes and sooo exaggerated).

I liked Jin's part, however I had hoped for a more continuous story, not one where time just skips around and we only get told a few things, only see him hope from age to age instead of seeing him grow up. In the end I was confused. Did he still like that girl? What happened at the end? Previous thing they were still in high school and suddenly they have a car and they meet up in a restaurant?

I also didn't really like the characters. Jin's was just weird, I didn't like his personality and how it seemed he only cared about one thing. That girl.
Danny was bleh and the Monkey King was just a cocky bastard who really needed to learn a lesson.

All in all I wouldn't recommend this book. I thought it would be a book about a Chinese boy, learning and growing up in the US and what comes with that. Instead I got confusion, bad characters and over the top stereotypes.

Review first posted at http://twirlingbookprincess.com/

More...