The Picture of Dorian Gray - Oscar Wilde - UPDATED REVIEW

The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde  Genre : Classics Blurb (on back of book) : Oscar Wilde’s only novel is the dreamlike story of a young man who sells his soul for eternal youth and beauty. In this celebrated work Wilde forged a devastating portrait of the effects of evil and debauchery on a young aesthete in late-19th-century England. Combining elements of the Gothic horror novel and decadent French fiction, the book centers on a striking premise: As Dorian Gray sinks into a life of crime and gross sensuality, his body retains perfect youth and vigor while his recently painted portrait grows day by day into a hideous record of evil, which he must keep hidden from the world. For over a century, this mesmerizing tale of horror and suspense has enjoyed wide popularity. It ranks as one of Wilde's most important creations and among the classic achievements of its kind. UPDATED REVIEW MY OPINION : ****** I would like to start out this review by stating that this is undoubtedly m...
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American Born Chinese - Gene Luen Yang

American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang
Genre: YA Graphic Novel

Image result for american born chineseBlurb (on back of book): All Jin Wang wants is to fit in. When his family moves to a new neighborhood, he suddenly finds that he's the only Chinese American student at his school. Jocks and bullies pick on him constantly, and he has hardly any friends. Then, to make matters worse, he falls in love with an all-American girl...
Born to rule over all the monkeys in the world, the story of the Monkey King is one of the oldest and greatest Chinese fables. Adored by his subjects, master of the arts of kung-fu, he is the most powerful monkey on earth. But the Monkey King doesn't want to be a monkey. He wants to be hailed as a god...
Chin-Kee is the ultimate negative Chinese stereotype, and he's ruining his cousin Danny's life. Danny's a popular kid at school, but every year Chin-Kee comes to visit, and every year Danny has to transfer to a new school to escape the shame. This year, though, things quickly go from bad to worse...
These three apparently unrelated tales come together with an unexpected twist, in a modern fable that is hilarious, poignant and action-packed. American Born Chinese is an amazing rise, all the way up to the astonishing climax--and confirms what a growing number of readers already know: Gene Yang is a major talent.

 MY OPINION: ****

I'm writing this on a kindle so it'll be short since I hate typing on these things.

I liked this comic or graphic novel. It's definitely not something I generally read so it was definitely different. I thought that it was really well thought out and had a good plotline, though some parts of it were strange, to say the least.

The characters were well developed in my opinion.. Some of them were a little "crude" shall we say, but also hilarious.

I don't really have anything to talk about, seeing as I read this book in about thirty minutes. I like the use of Asian characters seeing as I am Asian and find that there is a lack of Asian characters in books these days. However some parts were just almost cruel Asian jokes that really only Asians can appreciate and laugh about which I thought was just a little strange.

The whole monkey thing was based on a legend, am I correct? I thought it was cool to incorporate that into a graphic novel and it showed s unique sense of creativity. The whole kung fu and shape shifting thing was also cool about the Asian characters.

I would recommend this book to people looking for a hilarious take on Asian culture and references and are looking for something light and shorter.

Main Character: really everyone if you think about it
Sidekick(s): huh there really weren't any of those
Villain(s): I don't really know
Graphic Novel Elements: This was a graphic novel..

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