This book was a graphic novel on last year's list. It was a fairly popular read, so I decided to include it again this year.
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http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/1596431520/ref=sib_dp_pt#reader-link
Check out some reviews
http://www.amazon.com/review/product/1596431520/ref=dp_top_cm_cr_acr_txt?%5Fencoding=UTF8&showViewpoints=1
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This book should not be awarded the Kentucky book award because of i found the book to be quite childish and strays off topic a lot while reading it. The overall plot was hard to follow due to the fact that the book had three different stories going on, with each story having smaller side plots in them. The novel did connect all the stories together at the end to a main central idea of be secure with the way you are. Even though the book was quick and easy read, and kept my attention with the great graphics i still found the plot hard to follow.
In Kinohi Nishikawa review on amazon.com he writes, "while Yang's themes are undeniably powerful, his writing is just really, really funny." I agree with this statement because of I found the monkey king to be very humorous. Another review on amazon.com written by Terry Dawson states, "This is simply the best graphic novel I've read in along time." I agree with this statement because of it is also the best graphic novel I have read in along time, even though I have not read many novels lately it is one of the best novels I have read even though it was very childish.
I think this is a really good book to be awarded the Kentucky book award because it proves a very strong point throughout that you need to accept who you are. Towards the ending of the book all of the different stories came together to form one story. This is a great way to get the point across that Gene Luen Yang is trying to portray. Yang is very humorous in his writing which caught my attention and made me want to keep reading. The cartoons were a very good idea with this novel also. They help the reader follow along with the plot more easily. I disagree with what Nick Warden says when he says that the novel seems childish. Without the pictures you would not think of this a being a childish novel because it does how very strong points and involves a lot of thinking and understanding. I have never read a book where there seems to be three different plots going on and then suddenly it changes to one story with all of the plots actually being the same story. This novel overall was a very good book, and I recommend it.
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