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theinkwyrm's review
challenging
dark
hopeful
fast-paced
3.0
I feel so bad for rating this only 3 stars, especially since it’s a true story, but I just don’t think this was done very well. There was very little text even for a graphic novel and I just feel like that was really a detriment to the narrative. Between the text and the art, you get the basics of what is happening but it feels like there’s a lot missing from the story itself and in the background the authors could have provided and I can’t figure out why it was excluded. This would have been such a great opportunity to provide more context for the religious persecution experienced by Muslims in China and I feel like this just didn’t live up to its potential. Overall, the best part of this book for me was the interviews included in the back.
qqjj's review
challenging
dark
hopeful
informative
fast-paced
3.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Cultural appropriation, Police brutality, Sexual violence, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Genocide, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Religious bigotry, Self harm, Slavery, Suicide attempt, Confinement, Gaslighting, Islamophobia, and Medical trauma