American Born Chinese

This is a clever little graphic novel. While in the beginning I was confused about the three different stories, slowly it becomes apparent what is going on, making one feel even more in-tune with Jin's emotions and ideas of himself and friends. There are many ‘a-ha' moments and other emotional moments which allow the reader to connect with the characters. 

I thought the writing of this graphic novel was quite spectacular. The thoughts and reasoning that went into making this, I feel, are shown and made clear by the end, yet the way it is written, if someone did not already understand the twist, they may feel the need to read it again. Multiple readings is not a bad thing, but speaks to the depth of this graphic novel. 

The art is very clean cut, simple, and bright. The bright colors make this book very enjoyable to look at and the speech bubbles are at a good size, making it easy to read. The colored pages is something that not all graphic novels had, which may make it more appealing to reluctant readers. This is a novel that I believe can appeal to many different ages and types of readers because of the art style, writing, and content.