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I appreciate the author sharing her emotional experiences as a queer immigrant living in the US, and her strained relationship with her parents, in this comic book, which is a collection from the LGBTQ+ online magazine called Autostraddle (which I just discovered). However, my reading experience was not enjoyable as I was confused in places..it felt disjointed, without a sequence of narrative. It‘s like a diary of random feelings and experiences.

I greatly enjoyed this collection of one-shot webcomics. Yao explores mental health, bisexuality, having strained relationships with parents, and being an immigrant. I agree with other reviewers that some organization and section titles might have enhanced the reading experience. #lgbtqauthors #mentalhealth #comic #imigrant #webcomic

I'm reading this great collection of comics right now and there are so many excellent sharable mental health comics! #mentalhealth #therapy #comic #lgbtqauthors

My review of this book can be found on my Youtube Vlog at:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TraJiGYnjxg

Enjoy!

Comics collection read on #hoopla. Yao Xiao‘s autobiographical comics explore her identity as an immigrant from China in the US, coming out as bisexual, her relationship with her parents, and her struggle to find a place where she fits in. Heavy stuff but it doesn‘t really build to anything, probably because the comics were originally published individually (on Autostraddle), so the book feels repetitive instead and left me wanting more.

The art is lovely and the comics feel like a hug, but this didn't work for me in book form. It felt thematically disorganized, and it was hard to tell when one comic ended and another began. The reading flow was often interrupted by random theme changes. It was distracting, and I was frustrated that I didn't get into a groove until halfway through the book. It's a shame, because the comics as individual pieces are gentle and soothing.