Lei Xu

Summary: A family of grave robbers go on a big adventure to find fabulous treasures in an ancient grave.

Things I liked:

Setting: Modern China is a country I don't know very much about, I found it pretty interesting to get a bit of an insight via this story (which is reportedly really popular there).

Pace: Pretty fast and furious, keeps things moving nicely.

Things I thought could have been done better:

Less exposition: The characters seem to try and explain everything they do in very unemotional and quite jarring bits of exposition. Could have benefited from a bit of 'show don't tell'.

Translation: The mate that put me onto this reckons the character and story are told in very poetic and moving language. This didn't come off in the translation I read that felt more like an 8 year old telling you a story about how he 'beat all the bad guys with his super gun by being more awesomer that everyone.

Highlight: The first fight against the death Beatles in the cave was quite atmospheric and scary … (mais)