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Yellowface by R.F. Kuang
4.0
Original, insightful, vicious, cutting, and hugely entertaining.
I picked up Yellowface because of the hype and was so glad I did.
Others have summarised the novel, indeed the book's blurb does a good job, so I wont repeat it here.
The protagonist is unlikeable (but that's kind of the point), and camouflages herself as a great author on the back of her 'friend's' stolen work. The book is a balance of bad people doing bad things, and good people doing bad things. Few people (readers and reviewers, the publishing industry, and June/Juniper) come out of it well. It is a meaty read because it whets your appetite and makes you chew through various situations that arise. A classic case of "What would I do?", no, "What would I really do?".
There's the snowball of hate campaigns on twitter and the bitchiness of Goodreads reviewers getting their own back. Social observation about social media and how addictive they are, and an interesting take on racism and reverse racism.
All in all, very different to anything I've read in a while and will stick with me.
I picked up Yellowface because of the hype and was so glad I did.
Others have summarised the novel, indeed the book's blurb does a good job, so I wont repeat it here.
The protagonist is unlikeable (but that's kind of the point), and camouflages herself as a great author on the back of her 'friend's' stolen work. The book is a balance of bad people doing bad things, and good people doing bad things. Few people (readers and reviewers, the publishing industry, and June/Juniper) come out of it well. It is a meaty read because it whets your appetite and makes you chew through various situations that arise. A classic case of "What would I do?", no, "What would I really do?".
There's the snowball of hate campaigns on twitter and the bitchiness of Goodreads reviewers getting their own back. Social observation about social media and how addictive they are, and an interesting take on racism and reverse racism.
All in all, very different to anything I've read in a while and will stick with me.