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Bronze Tree of Death
by Lei Xu
adventurous
dark
funny
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
I feel like I should write a "real" review but honestly I can think of no reaction beyond the incredulity I wrote in my blog so I'm just going to copy and paste that (and edit out the curse words, and block out the entire thing as being spoiler-ridden.)
I finished reading the third book of the Graverobber’s series last night (as in, the books by Lei Xu that the Lost Tomb series’ are based on) and can I say, from the bottom of my heart,
WHAT THE ACTUAL HECK
did I read?
Like, I don’t know what about that book is more abso-dang-lutely insane. Is it that we’ve now gone THREE ENTIRE BOOKS without the protagonists name ever being said? Is it that there’s never any explanation for how this entire other group of grave robbers know so much about this place, yet it never occurs to Wu Xie that this might become a problem again in the future? Is it the fact that I’m absolutely positive based on how the first two books went that none of this will ever be relevant again? Is it that once again, they’ve gone an entire book without getting basically any loot? Is it the absolutely ridiculous amount of random stuff that’s perpetually in their bags, yet somehow Wu Xie NEVER seems to put together that that’s because of the tree, even at the last extreme when he oh-so-fortunately finds a flare gun? Is it the realization that Wu Xie finds this tree that can grant any wish, learns it can control people, knows that it’s powers can be extended by carrying parts of it away, and then just kinda shrugs, goes, “well that’s a thing that happened” and never talks about it again? Is it the casual, “oh, look, the bronze tree reincarnated undead youthified corpse of my oldest friend’s mom kinda looks like she has an evil gleam in her eye and I know they’re both impossible hell beasts that will likely murder people just for funsies and then feed their blood to a snake god so they can make lamp oil but I guess I’ll just never think about it again” which is a LITERAL PARAPHRASING of the last sentence of the book? LIKE THAT’S LITERALLY WHAT HAPPENS WHAT?????
WHAT. THE @$^@$%. IS THIS BOOK???
WHAT THE ACTUAL HECK
did I read?
Like, I don’t know what about that book is more abso-dang-lutely insane. Is it that we’ve now gone THREE ENTIRE BOOKS without the protagonists name ever being said? Is it that there’s never any explanation for how this entire other group of grave robbers know so much about this place, yet it never occurs to Wu Xie that this might become a problem again in the future? Is it the fact that I’m absolutely positive based on how the first two books went that none of this will ever be relevant again? Is it that once again, they’ve gone an entire book without getting basically any loot? Is it the absolutely ridiculous amount of random stuff that’s perpetually in their bags, yet somehow Wu Xie NEVER seems to put together that that’s because of the tree, even at the last extreme when he oh-so-fortunately finds a flare gun? Is it the realization that Wu Xie finds this tree that can grant any wish, learns it can control people, knows that it’s powers can be extended by carrying parts of it away, and then just kinda shrugs, goes, “well that’s a thing that happened” and never talks about it again? Is it the casual, “oh, look, the bronze tree reincarnated undead youthified corpse of my oldest friend’s mom kinda looks like she has an evil gleam in her eye and I know they’re both impossible hell beasts that will likely murder people just for funsies and then feed their blood to a snake god so they can make lamp oil but I guess I’ll just never think about it again” which is a LITERAL PARAPHRASING of the last sentence of the book? LIKE THAT’S LITERALLY WHAT HAPPENS WHAT?????
WHAT. THE @$^@$%. IS THIS BOOK???
Content Warnings
Graphic: Cursing, Violence
Moderate: Gun violence, Murder
Minor: Body horror, Vomit
Don't expect this book to make much sense. Just close your eyes and go along for the ride. If you've made it through the first two, you've got a decent idea what kind of ridiculousness to expect.