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Boxers
by Gene Luen Yang
I'm so frustrated by how good [author:Gene Luen Yang|68959] is. [book:American Born Chinese|118944] is a genuine highlight of my life and fucked me up. [book:The Eternal Smile: Three Stories|4437831] fucked me up. So it's no suprise what both [book:Boxers|17210470] and [book:Saints|17210471] FUCKED ME UP.
This two books have solidified what I kind of already knew: Yang is probably one of my favorite graphic novelists, and he makes me want to read more graphic novels. It's just such an incredibly unique way to tell a story!
Anywho, Boxers was the lengthier of the two books, and I would say I liked it better. It was heartbreaking and violent, but also had that occasionally whimsical humor that I've seen from Yang. Love the way he adds spirits and such to a history, it's just so clever.
I got pretty emotional after reading these two. Seeing the same bloodshed from opposite sides kind of just made it clear how much war and murder sucks for everyone involved! Putting actual faces to both sides made everything so much sadder.
Also, the ending of Saints kind of blew me away.
The illustrations were freakishly good. I'm beyond impressed.
The whole thing was freakishly good, and it's definitely onesitting.com with Yang's books.
I've never been more sure of anything that I am of this: I've got to read more of what Yang has written.
This two books have solidified what I kind of already knew: Yang is probably one of my favorite graphic novelists, and he makes me want to read more graphic novels. It's just such an incredibly unique way to tell a story!
Anywho, Boxers was the lengthier of the two books, and I would say I liked it better. It was heartbreaking and violent, but also had that occasionally whimsical humor that I've seen from Yang. Love the way he adds spirits and such to a history, it's just so clever.
I got pretty emotional after reading these two. Seeing the same bloodshed from opposite sides kind of just made it clear how much war and murder sucks for everyone involved! Putting actual faces to both sides made everything so much sadder.
Also, the ending of Saints kind of blew me away.
The illustrations were freakishly good. I'm beyond impressed.
The whole thing was freakishly good, and it's definitely onesitting.com with Yang's books.
I've never been more sure of anything that I am of this: I've got to read more of what Yang has written.