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A review by hellsfire
Crossing by Andrew Xia Fukuda
3.0
I'm conflicted on Crossing. Part of me liked it, but part me had a bit too many problems with it.
For example, I related with the whole race and not fitting in thing. But it seemed out of place here. Xing was one of two non-white people in the school yet the story took place today, not in the 20th century; it wasn't at a rich, white school; or it wasn't in the South. That just seemed weird to me that there weren't any of those things so why weren't there other people of color?
I understood the fact that they came here from China, but don't people generally move to where there are others of their own kind or where their family is? Or wouldn't they at least move to the Bay Area, since it's a lot closer than New York?
My other problem was that it ended how you thought it would ended. Fukuda did an excellent job at setting up things, but he might have done it too well. There were no surprises for me. Then when it got to the ending, it just ended. I wanted to know a little more. That's not to say the ending was bad, but without spoiling it, some things might not have made sense to an observer.
I also didn't understand the title. Where was Xing crossing to?
While the murder aspect was kind of shaky because of the ending, I think Fukuda did a fine job in this coming of age story. I think it's especially perfect for those that don't really understand or had to deal with racism or for those feel like an outcast.
For example, I related with the whole race and not fitting in thing. But it seemed out of place here. Xing was one of two non-white people in the school yet the story took place today, not in the 20th century; it wasn't at a rich, white school; or it wasn't in the South. That just seemed weird to me that there weren't any of those things so why weren't there other people of color?
I understood the fact that they came here from China, but don't people generally move to where there are others of their own kind or where their family is? Or wouldn't they at least move to the Bay Area, since it's a lot closer than New York?
My other problem was that it ended how you thought it would ended. Fukuda did an excellent job at setting up things, but he might have done it too well. There were no surprises for me. Then when it got to the ending, it just ended. I wanted to know a little more. That's not to say the ending was bad, but without spoiling it, some things might not have made sense to an observer.
I also didn't understand the title. Where was Xing crossing to?
While the murder aspect was kind of shaky because of the ending, I think Fukuda did a fine job in this coming of age story. I think it's especially perfect for those that don't really understand or had to deal with racism or for those feel like an outcast.