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anoneemowse 's review for:
Yellowface
by R.F. Kuang
Athena did for Juniper what I expect ChatGPT to do for me.
Anyways, it was so obviously satire that it didn’t feel worth it anymore. Reading this was kind of like watching a movie where the protagonist is being cheated on but halfway through the film it’s revealed that she’s actually abusing her kids so you don't actually feel anything for anyone anymore and only want for it to be over. An Asian author making her White antihero so completely distasteful and overtly racist felt like flying too close to the sun, or, in this case, too close to her antithesis. It ended up feeling more like a commentary on being an online troll than anything having to do with identity or culture. Everything was so linearly written that it felt like Kuang wrote it solely to discourage readers from leaving their own negative reviews on her work. It wasn’t uncomfortable, it was just unlikeable.
Writing: four stars
Everything else: two stars
Anyways, it was so obviously satire that it didn’t feel worth it anymore. Reading this was kind of like watching a movie where the protagonist is being cheated on but halfway through the film it’s revealed that she’s actually abusing her kids so you don't actually feel anything for anyone anymore and only want for it to be over. An Asian author making her White antihero so completely distasteful and overtly racist felt like flying too close to the sun, or, in this case, too close to her antithesis. It ended up feeling more like a commentary on being an online troll than anything having to do with identity or culture. Everything was so linearly written that it felt like Kuang wrote it solely to discourage readers from leaving their own negative reviews on her work. It wasn’t uncomfortable, it was just unlikeable.
Writing: four stars
Everything else: two stars