A review by zeydejd
Dragon's Gate by Laurence Yep

3.0

altogether an okay book. the writing itself was a bit amateur, or at least middle school-level, especially the dialogue. that was almost painful. the story itself though is what really matters in this novel, as it takes the history of the transcontinental railroad, one of the greatest american achievements, often connected in american history classes with the concept of manifest destiny, and tells the story of the many chinese immigrants who suffered brutal conditions to make it happen.