Reviews tagging 'Sexual harassment'

Yellowface by R.F. Kuang

28 reviews

libreadsbooks's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Xenophobia, and Sexual harassment

emmarhian's review against another edition

reflective tense fast-paced

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

3.75

The ending felt lackluster and unsatisfactory . . . While I loved to hate June, I feel as if the ending let me dissatisfied.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Toxic friendship, Bullying, Xenophobia, Death, Gaslighting, and Cultural appropriation

Minor: Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Racial slurs, Hate crime, Sexual harassment, and Stalking

susiilove's review against another edition

challenging reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Minor: Blood, Sexual harassment, Violence, and Rape

yourbookishbff's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Yellowface is wry social commentary meets laugh-out-loud satire meets genuine horror with a psychotic break thrown in for good measure. I loved it. For bookish folks who enjoy sardonic commentary on the publishing industry, this is a book to be inhaled - all the little sly digs at various media personalities, authors and other public figures made every page feel like a new reveal. I particularly loved the use of an unreliable first-person narrator and the complexity in how both June and Athena are fleshed out for the reader. Kuang resists easy stereotypes (except where they're impossible to avoid, because white women certainly aren't unpredictable) and constantly rides the edge between just right and too far, making even the most absurd moments feel believable. If you love a slow descent into madness that excoriates book publishing, white feminism and Western media more broadly, Yellowface is an excellent read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Panic attacks/disorders, Death, and Stalking

Moderate: Bullying, Sexual harassment, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Medical content, Sexism, and Vomit

mromie's review against another edition

challenging dark tense fast-paced

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

4.0

DC heavy book with references that made me quite nostalgic. Thought-provoking and made one consider questions on the meaningful/less-ness of cancel culture, the ultimate harsh reality of people just trying to make it in the world and ripping others to shreds just to achieve it. No saints here, that’s for sure

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Death, and Cultural appropriation

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Sexual harassment

imperaitrice's review against another edition

emotional funny mysterious medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Cursing, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic friendship, Deadnaming, Sexual harassment, Grief, Mental illness, Gaslighting, and Bullying

a_tanya's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny reflective tense fast-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

Made me think a lot about writing and who has the right to what material. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault and Sexual harassment

solenodon's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Stalking, Death, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Cultural appropriation, Xenophobia, Violence, Suicide, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual harassment, and Racial slurs

Minor: War and Alcohol

gablopez's review against another edition

emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment

lynxpardinus's review against another edition

dark emotional tense

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Mental illness, War, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Rape, Toxic friendship, Bullying, Death, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, and Grief

Moderate: Hate crime, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Sexual content, Violence, Murder, Classism, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Vomit, Child abuse, Sexual violence, Xenophobia, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Trafficking, Abortion, Deportation, and Drug use