Reviews tagging 'Antisemitism'

Yellowface by R.F. Kuang

7 reviews

winterwoodbooks's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Violence, War, Rape, Sexual assault, Addiction, Murder, Sexual harassment, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Ableism, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Antisemitism, Body shaming, Biphobia, Bullying, Classism, Cultural appropriation, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, Grief, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Racism, Self harm, and Sexism

honeysbeehive's review against another edition

dark

• Loveable characters? No

2.0

It was fine but you can definitely pick up on the author’s antisemitism. Subtle but definitely there. Won’t be reading anything else from her. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism

sarareadsgood's review

0.25

Author is antisemitic and doesn’t hide it in this novel 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism

arytia's review

dark informative tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

Man I never thought I could hate a MC this much but DAMN. Every page was pure agony and cringe - and I was there for it!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia, Racism, and Cultural appropriation

Moderate: Misogyny, Sexism, Colonisation, and Antisemitism

Minor: War, Suicidal thoughts, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, and Toxic friendship

eleanor029's review

challenging dark reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

This is an amazing book. I had been looking forward to its publication and it was worth the wait. This is definitely a book club book, best read with someone near to talk about it. I annotated my copy so much, because I needed to let out all my comments. Rebecca Kuang took a bold step, basing a book on the reader's outrage, and it paid off big time. It was very elegantly done. I can't wait to see what she writes next.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Racism, Toxic friendship, Cultural appropriation, Death, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Cultural appropriation, Child abuse, Racism, Bullying, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Stalking, Death, Sexual assault, Mental illness, and Islamophobia

Minor: Alcohol, Xenophobia, War, Suicidal thoughts, Colonisation, Blood, Antisemitism, Injury/Injury detail, Incest, Fire/Fire injury, Death of parent, Classism, Stalking, Murder, Medical content, and Vomit

iforgotilivedhere's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Some parts were iffy but all in all it was a fun read 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Bullying, Cursing, Toxic friendship, Hate crime, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Vomit, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Colonisation, Cultural appropriation, Death, and Racism

Moderate: Classism, Islamophobia, Alcoholism, Grief, Violence, Antisemitism, Child abuse, Death of parent, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

bookishfaye's review

challenging dark informative reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Thank you so much Harper Collins for providing me with an E-Arc for review!!

R. F. Kuang’s brain is really and truly everything. She really is my favourite author and weaves so much intricate commentary into everything she creates and she continues to change the way I read & consume books & media, and her books continue to absolutely rattle and shake up the genres with which they are published. 

The fact that Kuang considers Yellowface a silly little gremlin pandemic book is SO WILD to me because in my opinion it packs a punch to the same degree as The Poppy War and Babel do, just in this case it’s more modern. The way this book breaks down ignorance, racism, white womanhood, false allyship, tokenization, fetishization, corrupt publishing, cancel culture, and more was so incredibly profound and it also reads as such a biting and witty satire and it’s absolutely brilliant! 

Being inside the head of the protagonist June was one of the most viscerally aggravating reading experiences I’ve maybe ever had, but it also was so unbelievably entertaining and actually physically jaw dropping and gag worthy following along June and her absolute delusions and Caucasity & I was so enthralled by every aspect of this book. The way it also has some genre-bending psychological thriller and near paranormal horror elements thrown in there as well was such an unexpected surprise and I really and truly would read R. F. Kuang’s grocery list. 

TW: Racism, tokenization, fetishization, SA/Rape (not a graphic depiction of the act, but the after effects and thoughts and trauma), death, violence, blood

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Toxic friendship, Xenophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Cultural appropriation, Islamophobia, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Death, Antisemitism, Body horror, Bullying, Hate crime, Sexual assault, and Violence