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3.92 AVERAGE
3.92 AVERAGE
I ended up reading Boxers after Saints, so it was very interesting for me to see the connections between Little Bao's and Four-Girl's/Vibiana's journeys. With Little Bao we see the other side of the coin, he is fighting with all his might against the "foreign devils" for China, as he is repeatedly told by the spirit of the first emperor. Little Bao and his company fights with the Gods of the Opera on their side, so like in it's companion there is also a touch of magical realism here. As Little Bao's continues on his path, he finds himself forced to make decisions he wouldn't ordinarily make and deal with horrific consequences.
If you have never read any of Gene Luen Yang's work and/or are interested in the Boxer Rebellion, I highly recommend Boxers and it's companion Saints. Recommended for ages 12+.
If you have never read any of Gene Luen Yang's work and/or are interested in the Boxer Rebellion, I highly recommend Boxers and it's companion Saints. Recommended for ages 12+.
A morbid yet fun read through the Boxer Rebellions of the early 1900s in China. I'm not super familiar with the history so I can't vouch for the accuracy, but it does a good job of portraying one side of the story and really brings the reader into the headspace of the protagonist. Saints is the other side of the coin and I'm reading that now. Should be an interesting comparison.
I really enjoyed volume #1 Boxers! I especially loved the colorful Chinese opera characters.
adventurous
dark
hopeful
informative
fast-paced
Rating and full review coming after I read [b:Saints|17210471|Saints (Boxers & Saints, #2)|Gene Luen Yang|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1359199657s/17210471.jpg|23691810]. So far I'm really pleased with the way the history is told, but I have to see how the other part of the story plays out to have solid opinion about it.
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That was very odd. I was expecting [b:Saints|17210471|Saints (Boxers & Saints, #2)|Gene Luen Yang|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1359199657s/17210471.jpg|23691810] to tie things together more, and if anything it was more odd and confusing than the first book. Overall, well worth reading if you're interested in the time period, but otherwise not one I'd highly recommend.
There's a lot of violence and death in this book, as well as an implied attempted rape scene (without any kind of detail at all), and the strange mystical stuff. I probably wouldn't recommend it to anyone younger than teenager, though as always, it somewhat depends on emotional tolerance and understanding levels.
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That was very odd. I was expecting [b:Saints|17210471|Saints (Boxers & Saints, #2)|Gene Luen Yang|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1359199657s/17210471.jpg|23691810] to tie things together more, and if anything it was more odd and confusing than the first book. Overall, well worth reading if you're interested in the time period, but otherwise not one I'd highly recommend.
There's a lot of violence and death in this book, as well as an implied attempted rape scene (without any kind of detail at all), and the strange mystical stuff. I probably wouldn't recommend it to anyone younger than teenager, though as always, it somewhat depends on emotional tolerance and understanding levels.