A review by goatsrsexy
Yellowface by R.F. Kuang

5.0

Yellowface 100% exceeded my expectations (and they were already high). This was so fast paced and readable, couldn't put it down, couldn't look away from the horror of it all. June is a super unlikeable person full of jealousy and unhappiness, but near the end when she was really spiralling couldn't help sympathizing with her a bit too. She was such a fleshed out character, I hated her but also understood her so well. The whole time was reading this book kept being amazed at how well Rebecca got into the mind of a character like this. The way she was completely oblivious to her casual racism and micro aggressions were super familiar, I've known a lot of people just like June. It was also super interesting to read all the details about the publishing world. It all sounds terrible and it's definitely given me some new empathy for authors in general.