Reviews tagging 'Cursing'

Yellowface by R.F. Kuang

123 reviews

allisonz6's review against another edition

challenging dark funny 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Cursing, Death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual violence, Violence, Xenophobia, Grief, Cultural appropriation, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Blood, Stalking, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

Minor: Suicide, Death of parent, and War

emelie0_0sofia's review against another edition

adventurous dark informative mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

seapotatohowisitalrtaken's review against another edition

dark emotional funny reflective 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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Cursing, Death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Cultural appropriation, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Drug use, Eating disorder, Rape, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, and War

Minor: Confinement

dragonwriter's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious 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

June Haywood and Athena Liu are "friends"--kinda. They met in college and kept in touch, mainly because they lived near each other and both published books. Athena is wildly successful, writing from her perspective as an American Chinese, telling her parents' stories, while June's debut get little to no attention. When Athena and June have a casual meet up, their drinking leads to them going back to Athena's apartment and having a pancake eating contest. Unfortunately, Athena chokes on a throatfull of pancakes, and June's attempts at the Heimlich manuever fail to save her. On the plus side, Athena's rough draft novel on the role the Chinese played in WWI is RIGHT THERE, and to June's knowledge, no one has seen it, or even knows what it's about. So June takes it, polishes it, whitewashes it a bit, and passes it off as her own. It's an instant hit! Until people start noticing how similar June's style is to Athena's. As plagiarism accusations begin to pile up, June twists herself into tighter and tighter defensive circles, swearing that she won't let these accusations "silence her voice."

This book is amazing in all sense of the word. Kuang uses all the excuses a Karen would to justify stealing another person's story. The layers of satire in this book, covering the publishing industry, the expectations of the "model minority", and the twisted perception that no one wants a white woman's (or man's) story anymore, and that it's so easy for a diverse author to get published and "make it" in the industry. Yellowface also goes the step further to show that neither June nor Athena are wholly likeable. Athena is shown to be narcissistic and opportunistic, and June uses the fact that Athena stole one of June's life experiences to get published in the college journal to justify her stealing Athena's manuscript. The book is an absolute trainwreck of entitlement, and it is glorious!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, and Racism

Moderate: Rape

krisfailedtosubmit's review against another edition

challenging dark informative reflective tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Yikes 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Hate crime, Racism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Ableism, Bullying, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Medical content, and Classism

Minor: Fatphobia, Homophobia, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual violence, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Lesbophobia

kimveach's review against another edition

dark emotional informative mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.75

It's such an interesting book.   I wish I could put this story's intriguing ideas and viewpoints into words.  I loved that the story is told from the perspective of the author who steals another's work.  It dragged a bit in the middle but otherwise was a quick read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Cursing, Death, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Vomit, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

mariposa517's review against another edition

challenging informative mysterious 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Cursing, Death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Xenophobia, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, Vomit, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Minor: Body horror, Drug use, Racial slurs, Blood, and War

bloodmaarked's review

challenging dark funny fast-paced

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

5.0

r.f. kuang is a QUEEN

✧ full review on my tumblr ✧

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Cultural appropriation, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Cursing and Racism

Minor: Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Murder, Alcohol, and War

taleofabibliophile's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Cursing, Death, Racism, Grief, and Cultural appropriation

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide, and Violence

Minor: Death of parent

valjeanval's review against another edition

emotional reflective fast-paced

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

5.0

“I’m not a racist, but…” the novel! A deeply engaging exploration of a character that is rarely likable but always interesting. It’s a big departure from Kuang’s epic fantasies, but the same level of attention is applied to the very real world in which we live.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Racism

Moderate: Bullying, Cursing, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Cultural appropriation, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Grief, and Alcohol