shuofthewind 's review for:

Boxers by Gene Luen Yang

5.0

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This is hands down one of the best graphic novels I've ever read, and I'm not just saying that because I have a degree in history. It's actually, functionally gorgeous; the characters are wholly realized, wholly fallible, and despite their horrors and their sins, remain engaging and identifiable. Boxers leaves you with the sense that the modern world, too, is sinking into rebellion, and only the gods of the opera might have something to say about it.