Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'
Everything Is Beautiful, and I'm Not Afraid: A Baopu Collection by Yao Xiao
3 reviews
inkdrinkers's review against another edition
fast-paced
5.0
"I dare to be soft again."
Everything is Beautiful, and I'm not Afraid is a collection of comics merged with poetry, spanning the author's experiences with being a queer immigrant in America.
I feel like this is a very personal collection and thus, it makes it a little hard to rate. Luckily, for me, I adored the overall tone and message that ran throughout it. Yao Xiao tackles so many topics in these pages, from mental health to racism to immigration to queerness to parental relationships - there are so many topics interwoven together that really paint the picture of human experience and emotion. The art is stunning, featuring rich colors and details that highlight this emotion in each piece.
I really adored this. I feel like, though not an easy collection to read, it's an important one. It almost feels like it serves dual-purposes, one to remind the reader they aren't alone in any struggles they might be facing, and the other to allow the reader to step into someone else's shoes who might experience the world entirely different from the way they do. I'm always a sucker for a collection of art/poetry that acts as a memoir, and this was both for me.
I received a free physical copy of this book via Andrews McMeel's influencer program, all opinions are my own.
Everything is Beautiful, and I'm not Afraid is a collection of comics merged with poetry, spanning the author's experiences with being a queer immigrant in America.
I feel like this is a very personal collection and thus, it makes it a little hard to rate. Luckily, for me, I adored the overall tone and message that ran throughout it. Yao Xiao tackles so many topics in these pages, from mental health to racism to immigration to queerness to parental relationships - there are so many topics interwoven together that really paint the picture of human experience and emotion. The art is stunning, featuring rich colors and details that highlight this emotion in each piece.
I really adored this. I feel like, though not an easy collection to read, it's an important one. It almost feels like it serves dual-purposes, one to remind the reader they aren't alone in any struggles they might be facing, and the other to allow the reader to step into someone else's shoes who might experience the world entirely different from the way they do. I'm always a sucker for a collection of art/poetry that acts as a memoir, and this was both for me.
I received a free physical copy of this book via Andrews McMeel's influencer program, all opinions are my own.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Mental illness, Xenophobia, Biphobia, and Racism
chandle5's review
emotional
inspiring
slow-paced
3.25
Content Warnings
Graphic: Mental illness
Moderate: Homophobia, Transphobia, and Xenophobia
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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