liiiily 's review for:

The Paper Menagerie by Ken Liu
5.0

If a story can make me cry it deserves five stars, and this one had me sobbing.

This is a devastating and beautiful tale that will tear at your heart. The zhezhi in the story represented the richness and beauty of the Chinese culture, and I adored it. It broke my heart to read of how Jack shunned his culture and his mother in order to fit in, and escape racism and prejudices. It's a tragic, but beautiful story that managed to affect me on a deep level. I hope many people read this because it is a story you will learn from.