Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Yellowface by R.F. Kuang

46 reviews

caelinsullivan's review against another edition

tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, War, Hate crime, Death, Cultural appropriation, Bullying, Racism, Misogyny, Xenophobia, Blood, Sexism, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic friendship, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Sexual assault, Injury/Injury detail, and Rape

marioosa517'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: Cultural appropriation, Racism, Gaslighting, Panic attacks/disorders, Cursing, Mental illness, Death, Xenophobia, Bullying, and Toxic friendship

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

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

chaoticnostalgia's review against another edition

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? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Grief, Mental illness, Violence, Xenophobia, Death, Cultural appropriation, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Vomit, War, Alcohol, and Rape

Minor: Islamophobia, Blood, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, Medical content, and Suicide

aamina's review against another edition

challenging 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cultural appropriation, Racism, Death, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Cursing, Toxic relationship, Death, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Rape, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Death of parent, Blood, Vomit, Bullying, Islamophobia, and Suicidal thoughts

mads_jpg's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense 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

4.0

The Joker for authors.

Nah but for real, this was a great read and helped get me out of my reading slump. The commentary on the publishing industry and 'cancel culture' and cultur l appropriation was super interesting. My only issue was that the ending felt a bit rushed/cliche. I also found that pretty much every character was unlikable in some way, I'm sure this was to add nuance and show that there's 'bad people on both sides' but it just frustrated me.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Mental illness, Self harm, Vomit, Rape, Sexual assault, Blood, Cursing, Racial slurs, Suicidal thoughts, Alcoholism, Bullying, Death of parent, Grief, and War

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

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

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

ferlintokezeirquizes's review against another edition

tense fast-paced

• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Racism

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Panic attacks/disorders, and Bullying

Minor: Vomit, Sexual assault, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Blood, and Cultural appropriation

edgaranjapoe's review against another edition

relaxing 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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cultural appropriation, Death, Racism, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Rape, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Racial slurs, and Bullying

Minor: Vomit, Cursing, Blood, Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, Stalking, Alcohol, Grief, Medical content, Self harm, War, and Injury/Injury detail

lexihworth's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious 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

5.0

Absolute insanity. Every plot point was just adding up to a nightmarish train wreck that got worse and worse as the story went on, but in the best way possible. I️ absolutely couldn’t look away. Written beautifully and perfectly by Kuang. No surprise for those who are familiar with her work. She’s not one to half ass anything. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Toxic friendship, Panic attacks/disorders, Cultural appropriation, Racism, Death, Gaslighting, Hate crime, Mental illness, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Violence, Racism, Gaslighting, Cursing, Blood, Sexual assault, Panic attacks/disorders, Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Cultural appropriation, and Toxic friendship

perhappiness's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny mysterious tense fast-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Racism

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Violence, and Cultural appropriation

Minor: Vomit, Colonisation, Suicidal thoughts, Cursing, Gaslighting, Grief, Racial slurs, Rape, Bullying, Alcohol, and Blood