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An Unsettlingly Realistic Satire

Yellowface by R. F. Kuang

May 24, 2024 by Tracy Leave a Comment

Just a few pages into Yellowface, and I was like, wow, June needs therapy. She’s thinking about how Athena must like her company because June isn’t a literary threat to her, and June goes on to write, “Don’t we all want a friend who won’t ever challenge our superiority, because they already know it’s a lost cause? Don’t we all need someone we can treat as a punching bag?” Um, no, June, we don’t, and that’s not a healthy thing to think. The novel is […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: R.F. Kuang, Yellowface

Tracy's CBR16 Review No:28 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: R.F. Kuang, Yellowface ·
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I’m living Athena’s life. I’m experiencing publishing the way it’s supposed to work.

Yellowface by R.F. Kuang

May 14, 2023 by Emmalita 6 Comments

I know what you’re thinking. Thief. Plagiarizer. And perhaps, because all bad things must be racially motivated, Racist. Hear me out. It’s not so awful as it sounds. Readers, it is exactly as bad as it sounds. Juniper Song Hayward is bad person, but don’t worry, she has forgiven herself. Yellowface is told to the reader by June. We are her confessor. She tells us all of her resentments, fears, manipulations, and triumphs. Most of all, she tells us her rationalizations. Athena Liu and June […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: advance reader copy, NetGalley, publishing, R.F. Kuang, racism in publishing, Yellowface

Emmalita's CBR15 Review No:41 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: advance reader copy, NetGalley, publishing, R.F. Kuang, racism in publishing, Yellowface ·
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