A review by nicole726
Boxers by Gene Luen Yang

5.0

This was great! I think it is the first graphic novel that I have ever read, and I really enjoyed it. It depicted a dark time in Chinese history, and it was definitely not light reading. It was gory and gruesome, yet I appreciated how there was a little bit of humor incorporated into the story to prevent it from being completely depressing. I could have done without the little "romance" that developed, but I'm just splitting hairs. Overall, I loved this graphic novel and I liked that it taught me a lot about a time in history that I knew little about. I will definitely be picking up the sequel soon.