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A review by twiinklex
My Nest of Silence by Matt Faulkner
4.0
4.5⭐
I read most of this YA novel in one sitting. We are introduced to teenage Mari Asai and her family, Japanese-Americans who have been living in the Manzanar internment camp during World War 2. Mari decides to take a vow of silence when her brother signs on to the army as she believes it will keep him safe.
I loved the alternating POVs of compelling prose and gripping graphic novel: Mari's voice was so authentic that it felt like I was reading a memoir, while Mak's experiences at the WWII frontline was fraught with tension. I wished the book was longer as I wanted to know more about the Asais and their lives after the worst of the war. They felt so much like real people.
One thing that struck me was how the 442nd Infantry Regiment, made up almost entirely of Japanese-Americans, chose to defend and fight for their country despite all the racism and atrocities that they had been committed against them.
I highly recommend this illuminating and propulsive historical fiction that sheds light on lesser-known parts of history.
I read most of this YA novel in one sitting. We are introduced to teenage Mari Asai and her family, Japanese-Americans who have been living in the Manzanar internment camp during World War 2. Mari decides to take a vow of silence when her brother signs on to the army as she believes it will keep him safe.
I loved the alternating POVs of compelling prose and gripping graphic novel: Mari's voice was so authentic that it felt like I was reading a memoir, while Mak's experiences at the WWII frontline was fraught with tension. I wished the book was longer as I wanted to know more about the Asais and their lives after the worst of the war. They felt so much like real people.
One thing that struck me was how the 442nd Infantry Regiment, made up almost entirely of Japanese-Americans, chose to defend and fight for their country despite all the racism and atrocities that they had been committed against them.
I highly recommend this illuminating and propulsive historical fiction that sheds light on lesser-known parts of history.