A review by zombiezami
Zachary Ying and the Dragon Emperor by Xiran Jay Zhao

adventurous challenging emotional funny informative reflective medium-paced

4.25

This was an exciting and endearing book, and I’m looking forward to the next installment in the series. The one thing I didn’t like was how many times a facet of Chinese history or culture was explained as “this person was basically the Chinese version of [Western thing].” I understand that the POV character is a Chinese American person who has little knowledge of Chinese history, but those summaries felt pretty oversimplified. Also, some of the dialogue scenes around Chinese culture and history didn’t feel terribly organic.
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