Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

Yellowface by R.F. Kuang

80 reviews

alysereadsbooks's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad fast-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

3.5

Listened to the audiobook of this - and the narrator did an amazing job of capturing the unhinged behavior of the main character. I found its themes to be similar to Disorientation. It sparks an interesting discussion about voices of AAPI and POC, specifically in the literary realm. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Cultural appropriation, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Racism, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, and Colonisation

norwegianforestreader's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Blood, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Colonisation, Abandonment, Death, Death of parent, Cultural appropriation, Body horror, Bullying, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Grief, Gaslighting, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual content, Stalking, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, and War

bookswithlauren's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Toxic relationship, Cultural appropriation, Colonisation, Emotional abuse, Classism, Death, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Slavery, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, Violence, War, and Xenophobia

kcarney86's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cultural appropriation, Death, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Racism, and Stalking

Moderate: Toxic friendship and Mental illness

Minor: Alcohol, Abandonment, Abortion, Death of parent, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, Vomit, and War

sadiaa's review against another edition

3.5

Enjoyed the deep conversations on authors (specifically white) writing on a culture different from their own and trying to show themselves as an expert on the topic. The topic of plagiarism and theft of work was an interesting topic to touch on.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, Death, Emotional abuse, Grief, Misogyny, Rape, and Sexual assault

jamieleepilk's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cultural appropriation, Toxic friendship, Death, Emotional abuse, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Sexual assault, and Suicidal thoughts

qrschulte's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny informative mysterious 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

5.0

A scathing indictment of the publishing industry, full of the least likable characters I’ve ever read. My favorite part was the examination of jealousy in the first chapter. Very validating due to my pregnancy loss journey. 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Misogyny, Medical content, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Racial slurs, Sexism, Rape, and Sexual violence

Minor: Drug use and War

alexisgarcia's review against another edition

mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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

3.0

hmm this is not exactly what i was expecting. the situation and characters really felt like caricatures, which i assume (because Kuang is such a phenomenal writer) was done on purpose but i think it was a little too much so. i think that just isn’t my style but the underlying themes were important 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Racism, Toxic relationship, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Cultural appropriation, Cursing, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Emotional abuse, Grief, Sexual assault, and Toxic friendship

kshertz's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional medium-paced

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

4.0

Yeah this protagonist is super annoying. But that’s the whole point. This is such a deep novel on so many different levels and it brings up so many different excellent points. I’m really glad it’s getting the recognition it deserves because these are conversation topics that we really need to cover. Highly recommend 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Medical trauma, Racial slurs, Grief, Abandonment, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Bullying, Xenophobia, Toxic friendship, and Racism

merrynthomas's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective tense medium-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Bullying

Moderate: Racism, Cultural appropriation, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, and Racial slurs

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Toxic friendship