323 reviews for:

The Paper Menagerie

Ken Liu

4.58 AVERAGE

mohammad_sabir's review against another edition

5.0

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Heart-touching. Deeply moving. Such terms describe this little short story the best. It is a story of familial love and racism, of estrangement between a Chinese mother who can breathe life into origami and her half-Chinese son who begins to view her as the source of the racism he faces and consequently begins to resent her.

I shall write no more. Go, read this story, and be prepared to cry.

hadez's review against another edition

5.0

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This is a very short story but it had me bawling like crazy, and I like how real it feels and I'm sure you can say it's a true story, but regardless of what it is... I needed something like this (thanks rayhanah)

oliverreverie's review against another edition

5.0

emotional reflective sad fast-paced

go_devils's review against another edition

4.25

emotional reflective fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

efnelson12's review against another edition

4.0

emotional sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

readwithjiwon's review

5.0

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Powerful and packs a punch. This completely broke me, left me spiraling in an existential crisis, and now I'm too scared to read the rest of Liu's stories because I know they'll break what little is left of my spirit. So naturally I have to give this 5 stars

loopread's review against another edition

3.75

emotional fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Trafficking, Death of parent

Moderate: Bullying

anna_marsi's review against another edition

4.5

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

charlottemclamb's review

4.0

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Slump so bad I’ve resorted to using the stories we read in English for my reading goal

kaisachilles's review against another edition

3.75

emotional sad fast-paced