A review by soulofsam
When the Tiger Came Down the Mountain by Nghi Vo

adventurous mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.0

After loving the first Singing Hills book I had high hopes for this and was all the more disappointed it didn't live up to them. The story of this one just didn't interest me as much, maybe because I found the main character just not as compelling or relatable. I liked the idea of how stories are just that, stories shaped by who tells them and who listens to them. How we throughout got two accounts of a set of events with no knowledge of which one is more true than the other and maybe how truth is not the goal. Overall a solid book, but not one that caught me off guard or made me want to recommend it to others.