Wallet of Kai Lung

This one defeated me; 30% and I jumped ship. The prose proved to be too dense, getting in the way of the story. This may be just because of the time in which it was written, however I have happily read Conan Doyle, who was a contempory of the author, so I don't think that is a complete excuse. Having said that, the tales are certainly imaginative and evoke an interesting vision of China (although quite how accurate a vision is another matter).

So, two stars because it couldn't keep me interested enough to wade through, but there were glimpses of what other people see in it.