Legends of the Condor Heroes: A Hero Born : The Definitive Edition (Series #1) (Paperback)

from sensitivemuse

Despite what you read on the covers (e.g. “It's like Lord of the Rings”) ignore all of that. It's nothing like it. There is no epic adventure to fight evil (at least not yet - this is the first book in the series). So before you get all disappointed in what the outside quotes say, completely disr...

from Arkrayder

I received an ARC of this book from Netgalley and St Martin's Press in exchange for an honest and fair review. I really wanted to like the story in this book. I know it's translated from Chinese and that it would lose something from the original language, but I just feel that the prose is so clun...

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Translated from Chinese, this is an epic tale of marital arts that took place over 800 years ago in the days of Genghis Khan. There are rules for competitions that are ignored by the arrogant and ruling class that lead to conflict after conflict. Not all relationships are what they seem. There is...

from dmclane

I was not sure how I'd like a translation from Chinese to English as a story, but was greatly impressed by the ability of the tale and translation to appeal to an English speaker. There are, of course, many things that did not translate, for instance the fight scenes were simply translated by usi...

from Black-Lilly

I stumbled by accident over an old review of this book when it was first published in the UK and I was intrigued. I love wuxia movies, so wuxia books sounded very delightful. I was not disappointed! The beginning is maybe a bit slow but it is picking up pace quickly and I was engrossed in the sto...