Yellowface
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Rebecca F. Kuang
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * A REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK "Hard to put down, harder to forget." -- Stephen King, #1 New York Times bestselling author White lies. Dark humor. Deadly consequences... Bestselling sensation Juniper Song is not who she says she is, she didn't write the book she claims she wrote, and she is most certainly not Asian American--in this chilling and hilariously cutting novel from R.F. Kuang, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Babel. Authors June Hayward and Athena Liu were supposed to be twin rising stars. But Athena's a literary darling. June Hayward is literally nobody. Who wants stories about basic white girls, June thinks. So when June witnesses Athena's death in a freak accident, she acts on impulse: she steals Athena's just-finished masterpiece, an experimental novel about the unsung contributions of Chinese laborers during World War I. So what if June edits Athena's novel and sends it to her agent as her own work? So what if she lets her new publisher rebrand her as Juniper Song--complete with an ambiguously ethnic author photo? Doesn't this piece of history deserve to be told, whoever the teller? That's what June claims, and the New York Times bestseller list seems to agree. But June can't get away from Athena's shadow, and emerging evidence threatens to bring June's (stolen) success down around her. As June races to protect her secret, she discovers exactly how far she will go to keep what she thinks she deserves. With its totally immersive first-person voice, Yellowface grapples with questions of diversity, racism, and cultural appropriation, as well as the terrifying alienation of social media. R.F. Kuang's novel is timely, razor-sharp, and eminently readable.
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Author
Rebecca F. Kuang
Pages
323
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Published Date
2023
ISBN
0063250837 9780063250833
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"⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️"
Sher Free✌️
"I liked the book, but it didn't wow me. "
Mia Corkum
"https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5932873382"
Donna Thiessen
"One of THE most unlikeable narrators of the last decade! A white woman and an Asian woman are loose friends and both are writers, though the Asian woman is far better. The Asian woman dies and the white woman takes the Asian woman’s manuscript and passes it off as her own, gets critical acclaim. The book is about Chinese workers in WW1. She thinks she deserves all the glory she gets but then she starts seeing the ghost of her friend and things take a turn. Excellent writing and even though she is the most Karen of all, you can’t help but keep reading bc you are actively rooting for her. to get what she deserves."
Danielle Henry
"I really enjoyed this. Very different than I thought it would be. The main character is very unlikeable."
Skye Edelson-Bennett
"This was a fascinating read. I could not put it down, even though I would yell at the MC for her rationalization of morally corrupt choices on the regular. Fun insight into the publishing industry, which I don’t know but suspect is partially true. Also sharp commentary on race, social media trolls, and mental health. "
Jackie Davidson
"I really enjoyed this one ! Morally gray protagonist... The entire time I was reading, I was asking myself what would I do in her situation...the answer wasn't so abvious... "
LeeLoo Dallas
"Page turner! If you only enjoy people with morals- not for you. Really enjoy when lies lead to more lies and life starts to spiral out of control."
Courtney W
"I really enjoyed this book! I put it off for so long thinking I wouldn’t like it for some reason but I wish I had read it sooner. The plot was so different from anything else I’ve ever read and I loved feeling like I was reading a behind the scenes of the literary would. If you’ve been on the fence about reading this book go ahead and start because it’s worth it!! "
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Sabrina
"I really enjoyed this book as it hooked me a lot harder than I thought it would. An easy read. This book is about the lonely & cutthroat world of literature. It isn’t just literature that this novel takes shots at, but race, movies, adaptions, and especially social media. This book had some layers to it. The main character is quite unlikable, which if you know the premise of the story you’d expect, but the book still has you sticking around to see how her story plays out. Huge recommend from me."
Alex
