Boxers

I guess I read these out of order, since GoodReads is calling [b:Saints 17210471 Saints (Boxers & Saints, #2) Gene Luen Yang https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1359199657s/17210471.jpg 23691810] “Boxers #2”? But I don't think the books themselves say that, and they seem to be set concurrently, so... whatever. I do feel like I liked Saints more than I liked Boxers–maybe I would have liked whichever one I read first best? Hmm, I don't know. I did love seeing the snippets of Vibiana, so I'm sure if I'd read Boxers first I would have had the opposite for Little Bao. I think maybe I am just more inherently interested in the kind of personal searching story of Saints than I am in the wartime story of Boxers?? ANYWAY WHATEVER, both are great and cool. Great graphic works about an exciting/terrible time in history, and Yang's working through a lot a lot of stuff here.ETA Just read my pal Emilia's review of this and she says, But...I think there's a problem here, which is that it's super clear that Yang is on the side of the Saints and not the Boxers – though he loves and respects Chinese traditional religion, the values he writes with are drawn from Christianity, and this really shows in this book – the most poignant moments are those that connect to the other book, and Little Bao's moments of hesitation to follow the Opera Gods commands. Hmm good point Emilia, maybe that's also why I liked Saints more.