Reviews tagging 'Stalking'

Yellowface by R.F. Kuang

273 reviews

literary_liv's review against another edition

dark funny tense fast-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Racism, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Grief and Gaslighting

Minor: Racial slurs, Suicidal thoughts, Stalking, Cultural appropriation, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

amysdr's review against another edition

funny informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and War

Minor: Body horror, Bullying, Islamophobia, Medical content, Stalking, and Abortion

courtneys_reading's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.5

The writing style of this one had me hooked from the get-go but honestly by the end I just wanted it to be over lol
I think I was expecting something more from it but not sure what to be honest. I think it was interesting to know more about the publishing industry and on some level I relate to the main character and how she feels about writing but yeah overall I think the story was fine.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Racism

Moderate: Rape and Toxic friendship

Minor: Grief, Stalking, and War

frogspawn's review against another edition

dark funny informative reflective sad 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

4.75

sharp, informative, deeply reflective, and doubtlessly witty

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Bullying, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Rape, Grief, Stalking, Colonisation, and War

mjones14's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

Very very good. Only reason it's not a 5 stars is I found the ending relatively predictable. The voice in this steals the show - as someone who studied creative writing, I feel so exposed it was terrifying 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Racism, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Stalking, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Colonisation

Moderate: Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, and Death of parent

Minor: Islamophobia and War

gandalf_a's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Bullying, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Stalking, Cultural appropriation, and Gaslighting

Minor: Confinement, Cursing, Racial slurs, Alcohol, Colonisation, and Classism

jenniferbowman's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, Vomit, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Alcoholism, Racial slurs, Sexual assault, Violence, Stalking, Alcohol, and Classism

Minor: Ableism, Genocide, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Medical content, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Abandonment, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

lightscamerazaction's review against another edition

dark tense fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Xenophobia, Grief, Stalking, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship

lilacfoxes's review against another edition

dark reflective tense fast-paced

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

3.5

Want to rate somewhere between 3 and 4 stars. Part of me did really enjoy the “horror” aspects of June seeing Athena’s ghost but I did get a little bored of it. I guessed that Candice would seek revenge immediately, not necessarily a criticism but I would like it to have turned out to be someone random and that June is making it up in her head like the Diana scene. Not sure if I’ll re-read but I did enjoy seeing the complex relationship between Athena and June become more clear throughout the novel.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Racism, Rape, Death of parent, and Cultural appropriation

Moderate: Mental illness, Misogyny, and Stalking

Minor: Eating disorder

cherie17's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Stalking

Minor: Suicidal thoughts