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A review by sshelbyreadss
Yellowface by R.F. Kuang
challenging
informative
reflective
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
I love RF Kuang and I don’t care who knows it. She is one of my auto-buy/read authors. My experience reading her has predisposed me to loving her books so do with that what you will.
Kuang expertly captured the insidiousness and the delusion of the “nice racist,” with how June refused to confront her own mediocrity, thievery, and racism despite NUMEROUS opportunities for learning, changing, and doing the right thing along the way.
June lived in a world where she was doing the right thing because it was what she believed she was entitled to, and when the consequences of her actions happened—it was because she was a VICTIM *severe eyeroll*
June Hayward does not have an original thought in her head. Her only avenue to success was through stealing and appropriating the works of people better than her. Her audacity knows no bounds! And even when the idea of doing the right thing seemed like the only way forward, she DUG IN DEEPER. She couldn’t let go because so much of her life was wrapped up in her white delusion that she’d have nothing left if she let if go.
A lot of white people are gonna be uncomfortable and mad when they read this, and if you’re one of them, I’d encourage you to sit and confront those feelings before making a TikTok about how you didn’t think this book was good. Don’t be like that TikTok guy dissing Babel and missing the point!
Kuang expertly captured the insidiousness and the delusion of the “nice racist,” with how June refused to confront her own mediocrity, thievery, and racism despite NUMEROUS opportunities for learning, changing, and doing the right thing along the way.
June lived in a world where she was doing the right thing because it was what she believed she was entitled to, and when the consequences of her actions happened—it was because she was a VICTIM *severe eyeroll*
June Hayward does not have an original thought in her head. Her only avenue to success was through stealing and appropriating the works of people better than her. Her audacity knows no bounds! And even when the idea of doing the right thing seemed like the only way forward, she DUG IN DEEPER. She couldn’t let go because so much of her life was wrapped up in her white delusion that she’d have nothing left if she let if go.
A lot of white people are gonna be uncomfortable and mad when they read this, and if you’re one of them, I’d encourage you to sit and confront those feelings before making a TikTok about how you didn’t think this book was good. Don’t be like that TikTok guy dissing Babel and missing the point!