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aflores13 's review for:
Yellowface
by R.F. Kuang
dark
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Yellowface is the kind of book where I wish I could have had a book club discussion afterwards. There were many topics I wish this book had gone deeper on, and I also think this book brings up topics that would be interesting to discuss with others: cultural appropriation, performative diversity, identity, and racism in the publishing industry.
As for the FMC, June… I have never been so irritated with a main character before, wishing that they would shut up, and yet I kept reading hoping it would get better. The FMC is an unreliable narrator who is so delirious and wrapped up in her own lies — it got to the point where I was annoyed reading because of how she kept playing the victim. I wanted to like June but she definitely made it hard to.
I’m not sure what I was hoping the perfect resolution would be. I also did not know going into this book that there were going to be thriller-ish vibes at times. I think because this was my first immersive read, I did find myself being anxious at times reading about her anxiety spirals (maybe the immersion was a little too immersive in those moments for me 😅).
Overall, it was a quick read with a decent flow and Kuang’s writing obviously kept me reading, but there was no resolution for the main character or the reader.
As for the FMC, June… I have never been so irritated with a main character before, wishing that they would shut up, and yet I kept reading hoping it would get better. The FMC is an unreliable narrator who is so delirious and wrapped up in her own lies — it got to the point where I was annoyed reading because of how she kept playing the victim. I wanted to like June but she definitely made it hard to.
I’m not sure what I was hoping the perfect resolution would be. I also did not know going into this book that there were going to be thriller-ish vibes at times. I think because this was my first immersive read, I did find myself being anxious at times reading about her anxiety spirals (maybe the immersion was a little too immersive in those moments for me 😅).
Overall, it was a quick read with a decent flow and Kuang’s writing obviously kept me reading, but there was no resolution for the main character or the reader.