Wholly original and often surprising ... Throughout, tethering historical events to her grandmother’s and mother’s stories helps Hulls find continuity.
Despite the extreme weight of the story, the density of the historical context and the way every bit of space is utilized to communicate pictorially or verbally, that information is surprisingly digestible — and even nourishing ... Courageously and heartbreakingly bare.
What’s most compelling about Feeding Ghosts isn’t its narrative. It’s the way Hulls’s voice interjects throughout and questions her own assumptions about so-called "history" ... Hulls’s narrative voice is uniquely captivating because she combines her cartoonist quirkiness with both a fine artist’s eye for page composition and a willingness to dive into dense subject matter without grasping for easy closure.
Hull is deeply honest and vulnerable in these pages ... This is a richly complicated story of cross-generational trauma. But it's also a story about the immigrant experience, about family dynamics, about cultural expectations in China and in America. Hull doesn't shy away from any of it ... The only gaps in this complicated story are the mysterious absence of Hull's British father and older brother.
A fascinating story of multicultural identity and family history ... Densely rich in imagery and symbolism, as if Hulls let her subconscious guide her pen ... A remarkable and vivid gift that fully utilizes the comics medium as the perfect medium for this compelling story.
In her willingness to examine each troubling detail, the author is painstakingly thorough and relentlessly honest ... A work that glimmers with insight, acumen, and an unwillingness to settle for simple answers.
Epic, elegantly etched ... The shadowy, close-hatched drawings detail the landmarks of Sun Yi’s past and render expressionistic portraits of emotional truths, filling panels with maze-like layouts reminiscent of David B. The result is a revelatory work as layered as the history it explores.
