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We Were Dreamers: An Immigrant Superhero Origin Story by Simu Liu

49 reviews

frozenheartv's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

5 stars 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌕 

Please note that I rate this book based on the literary side of the book not the author’s story 

🧠 My thoughts 

I couldn’t help but rate this book 5 stars, it’s well-deserved and also because it’s hard for me to find a memoir that is both relatable and able to touch my heart. I didn’t know or hear about Simu Liu until Kim’s Convenience and I’m just quite at the beginning of the series. His character in the series – Jung – caught my attention and I decided to listen to his story. I was glad I picked up the book. 

It was truly touching to see the author’s honesty and vulnerability in the book. It was also heartbreaking to witness the domestic abuse he suffered when he was young. As an Asian myself, I’m pretty sure many children in his and my generation had to go through domestic abuse like this just because we can’t live up to our parents’ expectations. His story was so inspiring as well. No matter how many challenges were placed in front of him, he just never gave up to pursue his dream. He was truly a hero in his own story. While narrating the audiobook, when he got to the acknowledgment, his voice broke because he was emotional mentioning his grandparents and his dog. It was just so real and touching. 

I was also surprised at his writing skills. It was so engaging to read his story, I flew through the book in less than 2 days. I can’t really find anything to nitpick here. Everything was splendid. 

👍 What I like 

• Inspiring and engaging story
• Good writing skills
• Down-to-earth, honest, and humble

👎 What I don't like

• I can’t find anything to nitpick here

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Physical abuse, and Domestic abuse

readandfindout's review against another edition

emotional inspiring medium-paced

3.75

Style/writing: 3.5 stars
Themes: 4 stars
Perspective: 4 stars

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Xenophobia and Racism

Minor: Racial slurs and Suicidal thoughts

natnurdock's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Racism, and Xenophobia

Minor: Pedophilia

jegan4's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Child abuse, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Xenophobia and Racism

shubooks's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective slow-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse and Domestic abuse

clpaige's review

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Physical abuse

ernis's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

Really well-written memoir by Simu. While some parts were hilarious, there was also a lot of sobering trauma that was discussed. Overall an honest, often humorous account of his and his family's experience in moving to Canada and of the realities facing Asian communities and individuals in North America today.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, and Child abuse

Minor: Racial slurs, Racism, and Xenophobia

allapaz's review against another edition

5.0

the audiobook is SUBLIME, simu liu's voice and emotion and storytelling and reflections here are great, this would be a perfect choice for any marvel bro looking to get into the celeb memoir scene, but also is complex and heartwrenching enough to appeal to someone like me who just loves a story about following dreams

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Racism, Physical abuse, and Xenophobia

marinajonesreads's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

Simu Liu was already a darling in my eyes as a Marvel dork but this just elevated him even more. What a heartbreaking story. What an inspiring story. Not only was he heroically open with us, he infused this book with authenticity and humor in all the right parts. When he got excited, I got excited. When he was on the verge of tears, I was already bawling. That takes not just a good story, but a fantastic storyteller. I feel like I just had a nice glass of wine with a friend on the couch in my living room and spent hours laughing and crying until that last triumphant “Action!” Although he said you could skip his parents’ origin stories at the start, you shouldn’t. The payoff is indeed great. His love for them and his grandparents was so loud and beautiful and I couldn’t get enough. Bravo. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Gaslighting, Grief, Racism, Xenophobia, Physical abuse, Child abuse, and Cursing

Minor: Death

angelgriego's review against another edition

hopeful inspiring fast-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Physical abuse

Minor: Xenophobia