The Monkey King (Hallmark Entertainment Books) [Paperback]

Kensington (Producer)

Product Details

• Paperback: 288 pages
• Publisher: Kensington (January 1, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1575667061
• ISBN-13: 978-1575667065
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 4.2 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,026,349 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars The Monkey King Rules!, February 13, 2001

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James S Hinsey (Portsmouth, RI USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Monkey King (Hallmark Entertainment Books) (Paperback)

If you haven't heard of the "Journey to the West" about a monk, a monkey, a pig and their other companions, then this book is a great introduction to the Chinese folktale written by Cheng-en Wu 500 years ago. I look forward to catching the Hallmark miniseries when it's shown on NBC this year, probably during sweeps month in May. This book captures the humor and the excitement of the original story and blends in a modern tale for todays audiences. In the book, an american, Nick Orton, is thrust into a magical world where the original book by Cheng-en Wu is being destroyed and with it the real world of today. The Goddess of Mercy, Kwan Ying gets Nick to join with the famed Monkey King to battle the evil lord Shu to save the book. Monkey's old companions Pigsy and Friar Sand join in the quest also. Nick falls in love with the Goddess, but can she love him in return? Since having seen the Japanese television series of the "Western Journeys" (same name really), I would have to compare this to that. And this book really captures the humor and the characters of the show and frm the original tale. Kristine Kathryn Rusch and Dean Wesley Smith did this story right, but I still can't forgive them for the X-men movie novelization.

4.0 out of 5 stars Monkey King Review, May 5, 2010

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A. E. Terry - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Monkey King (Hallmark Entertainment Books) (Paperback)

'Kay then... after reading all the reviews...

Perhaps if someone'd expand on why it's a disgrace instead of just a one or two line review of hate.

I've read this book twice now. Yes it does come from a Western Mindset. And it was meant to introduce Western Culture to Journey to the West. Perhaps more research is in order for the next author who takes up a project like this. But I found it entertaining for a novelization of the for T.V. movie Hallmark did.

2.0 out of 5 stars Shock because of the authour's poor religious knowledge, March 22, 2001

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Henry Wang (Vancouver B.C. Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Monkey King (Hallmark Entertainment Books) (Paperback)

As a writer who should be resposible to understand the reality of described things and people, even they are created. Kwan Ying Joss, the Goddess of Mercy, in all Chinese heart, is just like Virgin Mary to Catholic. How can you described that She was fall in love with a man? It's gone too far away from the Chinese novel "Western Journeys" either.