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A review by poorashleu
Saints by Gene Luen Yang
3.0
Originally posted here
In the companion novel to Boxers, Saints tells the story of the other side, the side of the Christians. What I found most interesting about Saints is how Yang made the two intertwine. Yes, obviously the two are telling the same story, just from opossing sides, Saints is not just a retelling, it is something more. It’s the story of Four-Girl and how her life path actually crossed with Little Bao in Boxers we the reader, just weren’t aware of it at the time.
Four-Girl never really belonged in her family. She never really belonged until one day, she found Christianity. Her whole life was changed in that moment and she made her family with missionaries who came to China. She felt comforted and at home with missionaries. Four-Girl believed if only everyone would welcome Christianity into their lives things would be okay. Better even.
Although a shorter work, Saints still packs a punch to the story just like Boxer did and it reiterates the point that there are always two sides to every story even if its a side that you don’t necessarily agree with or even ever think about.
In the companion novel to Boxers, Saints tells the story of the other side, the side of the Christians. What I found most interesting about Saints is how Yang made the two intertwine. Yes, obviously the two are telling the same story, just from opossing sides, Saints is not just a retelling, it is something more. It’s the story of Four-Girl and how her life path actually crossed with Little Bao in Boxers we the reader, just weren’t aware of it at the time.
Four-Girl never really belonged in her family. She never really belonged until one day, she found Christianity. Her whole life was changed in that moment and she made her family with missionaries who came to China. She felt comforted and at home with missionaries. Four-Girl believed if only everyone would welcome Christianity into their lives things would be okay. Better even.
Although a shorter work, Saints still packs a punch to the story just like Boxer did and it reiterates the point that there are always two sides to every story even if its a side that you don’t necessarily agree with or even ever think about.