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bzel 's review for:
Yellowface
by R.F. Kuang
these characters pissed me off! I started the book skeptically empathizing with the narrator and her experiences with Athena, but by the end I was fully against her. this is a summation of guilt, grief, jealousy, and the need to be known and immortalized. the last scene of her and her mother was really momentous: not everyone is cut out to be a well-known writer. june was so focused on being known as an amazing writer (without actually being one) that she was willing to wrong others over and over. she didn’t even care about the writing really; it had only been about being known. not something I truly understand/ empathize with.
I also left this book not trusting what the narrator was saying. I have no real idea of who athena was. Was she vindictive and manipulative? yeah, but was she to the level that was described? probably not. wild to think about.
race and the white victim mentality is so so prevalent. June never bothered to understand who she was writing about and what she was taking away from. she also thought she was the victim and never wrong. SHE was wronged, SHE wasn’t given opportunities because she was just a white woman, SHE couldn’t be racist because she voted for Biden. only until she was haunted by her past was she even slightly willing to face the truth (and even then she didn’t learn). this book had my jaw on the floor repeatedly.
I also left this book not trusting what the narrator was saying. I have no real idea of who athena was. Was she vindictive and manipulative? yeah, but was she to the level that was described? probably not. wild to think about.
race and the white victim mentality is so so prevalent. June never bothered to understand who she was writing about and what she was taking away from. she also thought she was the victim and never wrong. SHE was wronged, SHE wasn’t given opportunities because she was just a white woman, SHE couldn’t be racist because she voted for Biden. only until she was haunted by her past was she even slightly willing to face the truth (and even then she didn’t learn). this book had my jaw on the floor repeatedly.