The Romance of the Three Kingdoms

Great book and came without a scratch

I love reading the story of the amazing video game series I've played events and conversations that I have yet to hear in different games or media of the Three Kingdoms story, it's also amazingly helpful reading to your gf over the phone to help get her to sleep :)

The map, list of characters, and chronology of historical events provided in the book are very helpful. The story speaks of so many famous characters and battles, of who teams up with whom in order to kill another group led by some other famous historical figure. There are battles and congregations all the time. So, the context provided by book is absolutely essential. It was nice of the translator to make the stories, poems, songs in the epic accessible to someone in the modern era who can't read ancient Chinese and knows nothing about Chinese history. The book, which I bought in paperback, arrived in perfect condition.

Superb, still one of the best piece of literatures. I have read it many times in other language. It is interesting to read it in English and see some variations in the interpretation of the translator. There are problems due to name pronunciations.

Knocked a star off because there was some damage to the book upon arrival. Some scratches and a little bit of damage to the corner. I'm not a collector, I'm sure it'll go through a little more wear just being in my possession, but getting a brand new book with some damage is a little disheartening. Fresh clean books feel so good.

This book is very long and can be hard to get through due to the overwhelming amount of characters and events going on. As an American, there is a culture barrier for me there as well. However I am thankful I persevered through the story. I've always been a big Dynasty Warriors fan, and Redcliff is one of my favorite movies. It was great to get a more complete picture of the events of the Three Kingdoms, and all the little details and interactions. A great read if you can make it through!

I was introduced to the world of Romance of the Three Kingdoms thanks to the Dynasty Warriors game, and decided I wanted to read to original work that the games were based on. This is actually the second copy of the story that I've bought; the first had a drastically different translation style -- Liu Bei was Liu Pei, Guan Yu was Kuan Yu, etc -- and it was off-putting enough that I found it difficult to follow. For those who are here because of the same reason I was, you'll be pleased to know that this printing shares the vast majority of the translations with the games we know and love. Sun Ce is Sun Ce, not Sun T'se!

I love the history of Han Dynasty and Three Kingdoms and just being able to read such a tale from multiple perspectives just made me want to learn more about Chinese culture back in those times