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A review by orangerful
Level Up by Thien Pham, Gene Luen Yang
3.0
2.5 stars - this was an okay story but I think I was hoping for something with a different ending. Yang had several different story ideas going here but I felt the conclusions to all of them were a bit too easy.
I also think that part of the problem is that 'American Born Chinese' was just so good, I can't help but compare every thing he does now to that book and they tend to fall short. This had some similar themes of the immigrant-born child trying to adapt to American society, but in the end, I feel like it fumbled.
I also think that part of the problem is that 'American Born Chinese' was just so good, I can't help but compare every thing he does now to that book and they tend to fall short. This had some similar themes of the immigrant-born child trying to adapt to American society, but in the end, I feel like it fumbled.