I'll be completely honest, I've never read Journey to the West (西遊記), what this book is adapted from, before, and seeing that one of the mangaka I'm proudest of (from Taiwan and all) did the illustration for this book; I decided, why not? So I'm finally reading the story... (Though I have no idea if this book is closer to a retelling or an attempt of writing with modernized language usage. We shall see.)