Tuesday, July 6, 2010

American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang


This graphic novel contains three separate stories inside of it. The stories have seemingly nothing to do with each other, but tie together nicely in the end. I had actually never read a graphic novel before this one and I was pleasantly surprised. I thought I would hate having someone depict what something looks like for me, removing all imagination from reading, but I actually enjoyed it. It wasn't much like reading, I'll admit, it was almost more like watching a television show. It was really easy to follow and some of the picture made the story so much better. The faces they made were so important (and funny sometimes). I really enjoyed the graphic part of this graphic novel. However, I really disliked the novel part of it. The stories kind of bothered me. They were a little gruesome and disturbing at points. A lot of them were just simply crude. Although they tied together nicely, I didn't like the ending. I wouldn't recommend this book to many people.

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