A review by niuniuyz
Yellowface by R.F. Kuang

funny reflective 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

3.0

I really like the part about how writers exploit the trauma in their own lives and the lives of people around them for inspiration. A few months ago I remember telling a friend (a poet) about a family friend who lives in an abusive household, and a while later after searching my friend's name, I found a poem she published about that exact thing. She would use of some of our most vulnurable conversations and memories and turn them into content for the world to consume, and I don't hold it against her, when I write, I do the same thing. But it also makes a lot of the interactions in our lives seem less genuine, when (both of us) take advantage of pain that's real and raw and ugly (and often unresolved), and transform it for the sake of making something beautiful.

Completely unrelated, it's so silly and entitled when untalented cis het white people complain about "reverse racism" for everything that doesn't go the way they want it to.