A review by amandalorianxo
We Were Dreamers: An Immigrant Superhero Origin Story by Simu Liu

emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

So Simu and I have the same exact birthday (April 19th) We are both millennials (He is 33, Iā€™m 30) & we both are children of immigrants who came to North America for a better life (He grew up in Canada, I grew up in the United States) Destiny amirite? šŸ˜ŒšŸ˜‰ lol I did the audio of this one because I love listening to writers who were responsible for their own work take charge of the words they penned for the world to read. It takes a lot of guts for anyone to pick and choose what aspects of their life they want to share with us. This memoir in particular was emotionally charged, vulnerable, raw, authentic, a little goofy/silly at times but it captures Simu Liu at his best. The way in which he speaks about his grandparents, his true caretakers from the time he was born to about four years old, made me bawl my eyes out because his voice broke with a lot of emotion. 
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