Reviews tagging 'Murder'

Yellowface by R.F. Kuang

57 reviews

_anna_esque_'s review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts and Murder

yaameen's review against another edition

dark fast-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

4.5

God I loved hating June from page 1

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Racism

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Murder

eleanor029's review against another edition

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

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

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

sharlenepeters's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense medium-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Rape and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Murder

deetabz's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body horror, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Violence, Grief, Stalking, Murder, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

Minor: Drug use, Hate crime, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, and Death of parent

kellyung's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Racism

Moderate: Bullying, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Stalking, Murder, and Gaslighting

clairew97's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative 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? N/A

4.25

Well if there was one way to get me out of a reading slump it was picking up this book. Rebecca has done it again. I read the entire thing in one sitting, I could not put it down.

The main character is as insufferable and delusional as you would expect. Her justifications for her actions were wild to me, but I also believe that there are people out there who think like June does. 

The exploration of racism within the publishing industry and the insight into the industry was incredibly interesting. Also, the exploration into the online world as a writer was an interesting take. The ending took me completely by surprise and I was hooked.

A completely satirical look into the publishing world and life as an author, I don’t think anyone else could have handled the premise of this book quite as well. A complete 180 from Babel, so if you’re looking for that type of book again this is definitely not it. I can’t wait to see where R F Kuang goes next.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gore, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Stalking, Murder, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism