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Four-Girl sees the other side of The Boxer Rebellion

Boxer & Saints V02 Saints by Gene Luen Yang

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A couple of spoilers are below. Saints is the second book in the two book graphic series, Boxer & Saints, by Gene Luen Yang. While it is shorter than Boxers, it still packs a lot of story. However, I would have liked to have seen more of back story of Four-Girl (or Vibiana as she will become known). We see how she is the unwanted fourth-girl of her family and how she defies the odds by living and having to deal with a strict, old-school Chinese family ruled by her Grandfather. We even see how her story connects with Boa’s […]

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4/15/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:124 |

Little Bao’s Big Adventure takes some messy turns

Boxers & Saints #01 by Gene Luen Yang

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A few weeks ago, I was returning books to the library and was told a book I wanted was in stock. I went to the section but when there, realized I had remembered incorrectly where the book I wanted had been shelved. I had found myself in the graphic novel section instead. As I was getting ready to look for it in another section, I happened to see Boxers #01 of the Boxers & Saints two-book series. Without thinking, I grabbed it and checked it out. While I would have liked to have seen more actual history of the time, […]

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4/5/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:111 |

It’s not easy being teen

American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang

Boxers by Gene Luen Yang

Saints by Gene Luen Yang

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I hadn’t originally planned to review all three of these books together, but after reading them, I found that they had more in common than just their author. American Born Chinese, Boxers and Saints all center on teens who are dealing with issues related to their identity and how to live within the community in which they find themselves. Do you adapt to others’ expectations, try to remake the community as you wish it to be, or leave it for something new? American Born Chinese is an award-winning graphic novel that tells the stories of three characters as they struggle […]

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1/14/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:5 |

And so I disliked a book written by Gene Luen Yang.

Superman, Vol. 1: Before Truth by Gene Luen Yang

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I’ve read all of Gene Luen Yang’s comics, so it was a no-brainer that I would be reading his version of Superman. Unfortunately, I didn’t enjoy it. Actually, I’ve never really enjoyed a Superman comic, so this may be on me. But before we get to the actual comic, a complaint. WTF, why is the DC comics universe so messed up??? I mean, it took me an hour after reading this to determine which version of Superman I was reading, where it was in the continuity, and how things had gotten to be the way they were. I mean, right […]

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7/6/2016 's CBR8 Review No:86 |

Couldn’t the whole book have been about the Monkey King?

American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang

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Fair warning, all. Over the next week or so (I can’t imagine it’s going to take me that much longer), I aim to read ALL the comic book trades and/or graphic novels that the husband and I own, and that I haven’t gotten round to reading. Actually, in all honesty, it’s not all of them, we have a ton of Hellblazer and Jack Kirby comics and all manner of things my husband owns that I have little to NO interest in, but there are 18 books in the pile of books I have promised myself I was going to read (some […]

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7/4/2016 's CBR8 Review No:70 |

Just makes me want to re-watch the series, again.

Avatar: The Last Airbender - Smoke and Shadow, Part One by Gene Luen Yang

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Oh, man. I love that these comics exist, and are an official continuation of the story. Avatar: The Last Airbender is my comfort food. I watch it when I’m sick and it’s so happy and lovely and colorful. And look, I know it’s a kid’s show, but UGH IT’S SO GOOD. I also love Legend of Korra, and am super looking forward to the comics continuation of that show that’s supposed to be coming out soon. With all that said, this wasn’t my favorite of these comics. Aang is escorting Zuko and his new-found family (mother, half-sister and step-father) back to […]

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11/15/2015 's CBR7 Review No:168 |

Pretty much everything I know about the Boxer Rebellion, I learned from these books

Boxers & Saints by Gene Luen Yang

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In Boxers, we see the origins of the Chinese Boxer rebellion through the eyes of Bao, who becomes one of its leaders. Bao grows up in rural China at the end of the 19th Century. He lives for the spring every year when travelling troups perform operas, full of drama, excitement and ancient stories of heroes and gods. The stories stay with him throughout the rest of the year when he performs his chores and is teased by his older brothers. His life changes irrevocably the day one of the foreign white men, one of their priests, come to the village and smashes […]

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5/11/2014 's CBR6 Review No:45 |

Welcome to your brightly-colored, candy-coated nut punch.

Boxers & Saints by Gene Luen Yang

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I’m a bit ashamed to admit that my only knowledge of the Boxer Rebellion before reading these books came from those crossover episodes of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel where Angel, Darla, Spike & Drusilla are taking advantage of the carnage of the Rebellion, and Spike ends up killing a Slayer (“Fool For Love” and “Darla,” in case you’re feeling like a rewatch). And really, I was more concerned with the vampires than with what was happening around them. Now that I know the context, I really think those guys were acting like dicks. Anyway, such was my mindset when I first […]

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3/4/2014 's CBR6 Review No:18 |


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