A review by tinumoriel
We Were Dreamers: An Immigrant Superhero Origin Story, by Simu Liu
5.0
Thank you to Harper Collins Canada for providing me with an ARC of Simu Liu’s book!
I devoured the book in less than two days. Simu is an incredibly entertaining but serious writer. He was so honest and funny that I couldn’t put it down!
Simu talks about his childhood growing up with his grandparents, and talks about how his parents grew up in China and how they became the people & parents they are today. He goes into detail about his childhood when he moved to Canada and how his experience was with his parents not understanding him and his desires. He talks about his time in high school, at university, and all the shenanigans he got himself into and how he grew up. Simu goes very in-depth into his emotional experiences and how much he just wanted to be loved. At times I felt absolutely heartbroken for him.
His words about his career and his drive for Asian representation in media are very inspiring. I very much enjoyed reading about his life story (so far) and I couldn’t be more proud of a fellow immigrant and Torontonian doing what they love!
This is a great book, and even if you don’t read biographies (like me), I think you’ll find at least one thing you’ll like about this book.
I devoured the book in less than two days. Simu is an incredibly entertaining but serious writer. He was so honest and funny that I couldn’t put it down!
Simu talks about his childhood growing up with his grandparents, and talks about how his parents grew up in China and how they became the people & parents they are today. He goes into detail about his childhood when he moved to Canada and how his experience was with his parents not understanding him and his desires. He talks about his time in high school, at university, and all the shenanigans he got himself into and how he grew up. Simu goes very in-depth into his emotional experiences and how much he just wanted to be loved. At times I felt absolutely heartbroken for him.
His words about his career and his drive for Asian representation in media are very inspiring. I very much enjoyed reading about his life story (so far) and I couldn’t be more proud of a fellow immigrant and Torontonian doing what they love!
This is a great book, and even if you don’t read biographies (like me), I think you’ll find at least one thing you’ll like about this book.