Reviews tagging 'Sexual content'

Yellowface by R.F. Kuang

25 reviews

metalballwheatley's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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

This book is like if mean girls and the cask of amontillado had a baby and that baby was in the publishing industry.

Also "F*** Athena. We all hated that b****. This is for me." iconic. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Cultural appropriation, and Death

Moderate: Rape, Suicidal thoughts, and Sexual assault

Minor: Sexual content

mysterymom40's review

challenging emotional funny informative mysterious reflective tense medium-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: Gaslighting, Racism, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Xenophobia, Sexual content, Mental illness, War, Alcohol, Toxic relationship, Bullying, Racial slurs, Stalking, Emotional abuse, and Cultural appropriation

Minor: Misogyny

shellroch285's review against another edition

dark funny tense medium-paced

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

4.25

OOOOOOOH this is another kind of book I don’t normally go for, but the writing is so incredible. Intriguing satire. No one in this story is completely 100% correct about anything, and while I wasn’t rooting for anyone in particular, I still loved watching everything unfold. Once again, a masterclass in craft.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Racism and Sexism

Minor: Sexual content and Racial slurs

sleepyshelves's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny reflective 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Rape, Sexism, Alcohol, Classism, Panic attacks/disorders, and Misogyny

Minor: Biphobia, Colonisation, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, Grief, Sexual content, and Violence

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