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Everything Is Beautiful, and I'm Not Afraid: A Baopu Collection by Yao Xiao
4 reviews
librarymouse's review against another edition
emotional
funny
reflective
slow-paced
4.5
This collection of comics is eye catching, tender, and incredibly vulnerable. It's a quick read, but what I really want to do with it is read it while wrapped around it under the blanket with a flashlight, curling back the pages in a way that breaks the spine, like I did with my books as a child. This collection tastes of nostalgia, and makes tangible the feeling of liminality when you're young, unmoored from home, and can't go back.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Misogyny, Racism, Blood, Biphobia, and Fatphobia
u_0's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
3.0
I enjoyed it and I'm glad I read it! Nothing wrong, just wasn't my favorite.
The cons:
- I guess it just doesn't resonate with me too much since I've already moved past growing up in an unaccepting family and longing for a home country.
- A lot of the panels or stories kinda repeat the same message or thought.
- The title was a little misleading for me since I thought this was going to be an uplifting book.
- the art style was cool and very creative at times but the color palette, line thickness, and minimal shading weren't that pretty to me
The cons:
- I guess it just doesn't resonate with me too much since I've already moved past growing up in an unaccepting family and longing for a home country.
- A lot of the panels or stories kinda repeat the same message or thought.
- The title was a little misleading for me since I thought this was going to be an uplifting book.
- the art style was cool and very creative at times but the color palette, line thickness, and minimal shading weren't that pretty to me
Content Warnings
Moderate: Biphobia, Sexism, Emotional abuse, Body shaming, Fatphobia, Racial slurs, and Racism
nikmalikov's review
emotional
reflective
2.75
Content Warnings
Moderate: Homophobia, Biphobia, Fatphobia, and Racism
readingwithkt's review
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
sad
medium-paced
4.0
Swithered between giving this 4 or 5 stars so I'm going to sit on it and see how I feel about it over time.
My immediate feeling is that this is a beautiful graphic novel that explores identity, belonging, family ties, and mental wellbeing. The graphic novel is compiled of various short comics which build out an overall narrative of a queer Chinese immigrant in the USA, finding their place in their new home and feeling out their identity (loved the comic on the boxes we fit in/choose).
So many of the comics in this memoir-esque graphic novel really moved me - definitely one I'd like to buy and reread (I read a library copy).
My immediate feeling is that this is a beautiful graphic novel that explores identity, belonging, family ties, and mental wellbeing. The graphic novel is compiled of various short comics which build out an overall narrative of a queer Chinese immigrant in the USA, finding their place in their new home and feeling out their identity (loved the comic on the boxes we fit in/choose).
So many of the comics in this memoir-esque graphic novel really moved me - definitely one I'd like to buy and reread (I read a library copy).
Content Warnings
Graphic: Homophobia, Mental illness, Racism, and Fatphobia
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