1.35k reviews for:

Lunar New Year Love Story

Gene Luen Yang

4.43 AVERAGE

reading_in_the_garden's review against another edition

5.0

emotional fast-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

emmas_dilemmas's review against another edition

5.0

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♥️

blasianbutterfly's review against another edition

4.5

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted medium-paced

reneestrawberry's review against another edition

3.0

fast-paced

ace_librarian's review against another edition

3.0

slow-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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I think this graphic novel suffers from being too long. It's already a slow-burn, character driven story. But add the slow pacing and it's just okay. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment

mehsi's review against another edition

4.0

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Loved:
-The art.
-The MC was sweet and nice and I could definitely understand that she was not in the mood to chat to her father after learning several things. I loved how she found her passion in Dragon Dancing.
-Hoping that she would pick the right guy.
-The cover, which is just gorgeous.

Didn't love:
-The Ghost, I just hated that in the story. In the start it was cute, but then it just got messy/weird.
-The love triangle and how our MC kept sticking to the wrong boy.
-Mom and dad should just have been honest and talked to our MC when she came of age.

janatoktok's review against another edition

4.0

emotional hopeful lighthearted fast-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

mndjuliot's review against another edition

4.75

emotional hopeful fast-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

bequestofwings's review against another edition

5.0

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

mrsjhasbooks's review against another edition

5.0

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Gene Luen Yang has done it again. This time with a beautiful story about love, and managing grief and loss and family trauma. It was beautiful and perfect in every way ❤️