Smitchy's Reviews > The Magic Fish

I enjoyed the artwork and narrative style of this story. The blend of Classic European and Asian fairy-tale narratives mixed into the story of Tein, a 14-year old Vietnamese American boy who is struggling to find the words to come out to his mum. At the same time Tien is dealing with his sexuality and being different to his friends due to being a first generation new American - bridging the old world and the new and the gaps between his parents' views and his own are the fairy-tales he reads with his mum to help them both improve their English.
I loved the clarity of the artwork and the two different colours used to differentiate between the fairy-tales and the main story.