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davechua's review against another edition
5.0
Superb non-fiction book about how Sister Ping, a grandmother residing in New York's Chinatown, became one of the biggest human smugglers of her time. Tying together the Tiananmen crackdown, gun-toting chinese teenagers who appear to have taken their cue from John Woo films, US immigration law, it's a remarkably well-investigated look into the world of human smuggling and the lengths people would go to find a better life.
usecauti0n's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
informative
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
4.0
readershawnie's review against another edition
4.0
Epic stuff. Never knew stuff like this could be written out. It’s a real life story as well! Appreciating the Chinese people a lot more, after knowing this side of them. I had doubts because a non-Chinese wrote it but he did his research, interviewing, and did the hard work. I appreciated that.
allydonnantuono's review against another edition
dark
emotional
informative
sad
tense
slow-paced
5.0
rhubarbpi3's review against another edition
dark
emotional
informative
medium-paced
4.0
A very interesting exploration into illegal immigration of Chinese people to the us throughout time. It was a really well done project, but the project is a tad lacking compared to the empire of pain, but was very very interesting.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Death, Physical abuse, Violence, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Abortion, and Abandonment