A review by kdawn999
Yellowface by R.F. Kuang

3.0

A weird, creepy story I didn’t want to stop listening to. I saw a review that called this a modern-day retelling of Crime and Punishment—and there’s something to that. The art here is in the balancing act of making the narrator both sympathetic and detestable. It’s closest in genre to a thriller, though, like in Crime and Punishment, the turmoil is mostly internal. I’m not sure the ending completely satisfied me, but I ultimately had a fun time listening to the audiobook. I’m planning to read Babel at some point.