Reviews tagging 'Islamophobia'

Yellowface by R.F. Kuang

48 reviews

aoifwlsh's review against another edition

emotional tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Mental illness, Death, and Racism

Moderate: War, Rape, and Violence

Minor: Abortion, Suicidal thoughts, and Islamophobia

vanessa_reads_a_lot's review against another edition

dark tense 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Misogyny

Moderate: Rape

Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Racial slurs, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Islamophobia, War, and Stalking

tashtasher's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Stalking, Gaslighting, Cultural appropriation, Toxic friendship, and Death

Moderate: Grief, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Alcohol, Islamophobia, and Death of parent

hannahcstocks's review against another edition

challenging dark funny tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Death, Racism, and Cultural appropriation

Moderate: Stalking, Xenophobia, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Hate crime, Slavery, Bullying, Panic attacks/disorders, Islamophobia, Colonisation, and Violence

valreadsallnight's review against another edition

emotional funny tense 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

5.0

I just love this book! I enjoyed reading it so much.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Sexual assault, Misogyny, and Cursing

Minor: Islamophobia, Racial slurs, and Suicidal thoughts

Sexual Assault - Is not described. Is referenced throughout the story. Misogyny - Not blatant, but it's mentioned one character refutes that misogyny is still a thing in the publishing industry. Many insults towards the characters are rooted in misogyny. Islamaphobia - Is only mentioned once. Note: There is a scene where the main character cruely and publicly humiliates one of their students, a minor.

lprice618's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious reflective tense fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, and Grief

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, and Mental illness

Minor: War, Rape, Cultural appropriation, and Islamophobia

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

cassielaj's review against another edition

challenging dark tense fast-paced

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

4.5

Holy shit. This book is wild. I finished it in one day because I could not stop reading. Watching June spiral as she dug herself deeper and deeper into her lies was like watching a disaster in progress: I couldn’t look away, despite the growing discomfort in my stomach. I had a visceral reaction to this book. There were moments I was physically cringing at the sharply crafted satire that was June’s story. I took more notes while reading this than I have in a long time, and many of them were along the lines of “aggghh is she serious?” 
As someone with a vested interest in the publishing industry and all its Twitter drama, I found the events of this book riveting and scarily possible. June’s narration is filled with racist comments and micro aggressions that are unnervingly similar to real events that have happened in one version or another. 

There were times that I found the story a bit disjointed or the twists predictable, but the central themes and satire are so keenly crafted that I am left completely in awe of what I just read. 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: War and Sexual assault

Minor: Islamophobia and Racial slurs

Frequent micro aggressions and insensitive language

cardanrry's review against another edition

funny reflective medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Rape, Racism, Xenophobia, Sexual assault, Bullying, and Cultural appropriation

Moderate: Violence

Minor: Islamophobia and Panic attacks/disorders