A review by miocenemama
Tiananmen 1989: Our Shattered Hopes by Adrien Gombeaud, Lun Zhang

5.0

This graphic novel tells the real story of Tiananmen Square and the student protests there as seen by a participant. It is full of detail and clarifies some misconceptions I had about the nature of the protests and the extent of participation of the citizens of Beijing. It also explains the timeline and its ramifications. It was not as I thought it was. The Communist regime took some of the images out of time and out of context to use as their own propaganda. He also fits it into the global timeline and we see other major changes like the freeing of Nelson Mandela and the breaking down of the Berlin Wall. All in all, this was a beautifully done book which I enjoyed very much.