Scan barcode
A review by inkdrinkers
Everything Is Beautiful, and I'm Not Afraid: A Baopu Collection by Yao Xiao
fast-paced
5.0
"I dare to be soft again."
Everything is Beautiful, and I'm not Afraid is a collection of comics merged with poetry, spanning the author's experiences with being a queer immigrant in America.
I feel like this is a very personal collection and thus, it makes it a little hard to rate. Luckily, for me, I adored the overall tone and message that ran throughout it. Yao Xiao tackles so many topics in these pages, from mental health to racism to immigration to queerness to parental relationships - there are so many topics interwoven together that really paint the picture of human experience and emotion. The art is stunning, featuring rich colors and details that highlight this emotion in each piece.
I really adored this. I feel like, though not an easy collection to read, it's an important one. It almost feels like it serves dual-purposes, one to remind the reader they aren't alone in any struggles they might be facing, and the other to allow the reader to step into someone else's shoes who might experience the world entirely different from the way they do. I'm always a sucker for a collection of art/poetry that acts as a memoir, and this was both for me.
I received a free physical copy of this book via Andrews McMeel's influencer program, all opinions are my own.
Everything is Beautiful, and I'm not Afraid is a collection of comics merged with poetry, spanning the author's experiences with being a queer immigrant in America.
I feel like this is a very personal collection and thus, it makes it a little hard to rate. Luckily, for me, I adored the overall tone and message that ran throughout it. Yao Xiao tackles so many topics in these pages, from mental health to racism to immigration to queerness to parental relationships - there are so many topics interwoven together that really paint the picture of human experience and emotion. The art is stunning, featuring rich colors and details that highlight this emotion in each piece.
I really adored this. I feel like, though not an easy collection to read, it's an important one. It almost feels like it serves dual-purposes, one to remind the reader they aren't alone in any struggles they might be facing, and the other to allow the reader to step into someone else's shoes who might experience the world entirely different from the way they do. I'm always a sucker for a collection of art/poetry that acts as a memoir, and this was both for me.
I received a free physical copy of this book via Andrews McMeel's influencer program, all opinions are my own.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Mental illness, Xenophobia, Biphobia, and Racism