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Yellowface: A Novel: A Chilling Novel of Racism and Cultural Appropriation

Yellowface marks the literary debut from the bestselling fantasy author of Babel and the Poppy War series. Kuang puts issues such as cultural appropriation and the lack of diversity in publishing under fire in this satirical novel about a white woman who becomes a bestselling author after publishing the stolen manuscript of her late friend and rising Asian American writer. 

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336 pages

Average rating: 6.75

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StephanieJ
Jul 19, 2024
8/10 stars
I liked this book so much that I put my other reading on hold to finish it, which didn't take long. It's an easy, juicy, gossipy, read. If you're looking for your next summer read, this might be it.
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Shahna
Jul 18, 2024
10/10 stars
I loved this.

I love how horrible and awful the main character is.
What a terrible human.
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mari777
Jun 21, 2024
7/10 stars
An interesting read where I wanted to learn more about why the protagonist was the way she is or if she’d ever have a redeeming moment. This satirical fiction was so unique and had me loving and hating every second as June is quite literally the worst victimizer and unable to see her fault in her own mess
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Jenn_Hearts_Books
Jun 20, 2024
10/10 stars
This was deliciously chaotic. 💜
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Katsal15
Jun 18, 2024
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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