Reviews tagging 'Sexual content'

Yellowface by R.F. Kuang

28 reviews

toofondofbooks_'s review against another edition

dark reflective sad 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 knocked my fucking socks off. Yellowface is as funny as it is horrific with a "protagonist" at the center who is truly foul in every sense. As awful as June Hayward is, her perspective never becomes tiring or less baffling to read. R.F. Kuang is so brilliant to have brought something like this to the table and I can't wait to make everyone in my life who hasn't read it yet move it to the top of their lists.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Xenophobia, Vomit, Islamophobia, Medical content, Stalking, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Colonisation, and War

Moderate: Sexual content and Toxic relationship

Minor: Homophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, Murder, and Lesbophobia

jayden_314's review against another edition

dark reflective tense medium-paced

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

5.0

This book was an incredible read! Rebecca F. Kuang perfectly writes such a hateable main character, and by hateable I mean that this insane white woman goes off the rails by the end. Kuang gets you to sympathise with her for a chapter or two before throwing right back in your face that June is completely unhinged. This way of writing is so similar to emotional abuse and gaslighting in real life and the quality is unmatched. You get to see the way that June justifies her actions and how she positions herself as the victim. I have not read anything like it and it was amazing. If you are reading this novel, be prepared to be gaslit out of your mind and just remember, June is a psychotic racist who will go to any lengths to cover up her plagarism. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Xenophobia, and Cultural appropriation

Moderate: Death, Toxic relationship, Violence, Stalking, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Infidelity, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Alcohol, and War

imstephtacular's review against another edition

challenging emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Xenophobia, and Cultural appropriation

Moderate: Bullying, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Medical content, Grief, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Ableism, Body shaming, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Suicide, Vomit, Islamophobia, and Stalking

jakepasseri's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Sexism, Grief, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Body shaming, Hate crime, Toxic relationship, Violence, Stalking, and Abandonment

Minor: Drug abuse, Fatphobia, Genocide, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, and Colonisation

lalluvia's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Racism, and Cultural appropriation

Moderate: Sexual content and Toxic friendship

Minor: Rape and Suicidal thoughts

norwegianforestreader's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense fast-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: Body horror, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Blood, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Colonisation, and War

seapotatohowisitalrtaken's review against another edition

dark emotional funny reflective 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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Cursing, Death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Cultural appropriation, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Drug use, Eating disorder, Rape, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, and War

Minor: Confinement

lynxpardinus's review against another edition

dark emotional tense

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Rape, Grief, Death of parent, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and War

Moderate: Child abuse, Hate crime, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Vomit, Murder, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Drug use, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Trafficking, Abortion, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, and Deportation

bloodmaarked's review against another edition

challenging dark funny fast-paced

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

5.0

r.f. kuang is a QUEEN

✧ full review on my tumblr ✧

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Cultural appropriation, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Cursing and Racism

Minor: Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Murder, Alcohol, and War

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

Minor: Rape, Islamophobia, Cultural appropriation, and War