Reviews tagging 'Eating disorder'

Yellowface by R.F. Kuang

27 reviews

gracecb's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

Lots of food for thought and purposefully very challenging - made me ask a lot of questions re right & wrong. 

Initially thought it was super witty and addictive, but loses momentum towards the end and becomes a bit predictable/repetitive. Didn’t quite live up to the hype for me but still enjoyed it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism

Moderate: Eating disorder, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, and Death of parent

kotletka_polina's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

1.25

The book itself was really boring, the “climax” chapter was ridiculous and the ending was unsatisfying. But what angers me the most is how this book criticises publishing industry and its problematics, but it comes off as just hypocritical judgment, because R. F. Kuang plays by the same rules and acts as the problematic characters in the book: she stated that she no longer publishes books in Russia due to the full-scale war they started in Ukraine, but she later deleted her statement, Babylon and Yellowface have since been published in Russia, so apparently R. F. Kuang supports terrorists, because doesn’t matter how dirty the money is if it pays the bills. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Rape, and Vomit

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

whatisjordyreading's review against another edition

fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

pure genius. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Xenophobia

Moderate: Eating disorder, Vomit, and Cultural appropriation

Minor: Sexual assault

shobhana's review against another edition

dark reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Rape, Death of parent, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, and Abandonment

lilacfoxes's review against another edition

dark reflective tense 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

3.5

Want to rate somewhere between 3 and 4 stars. Part of me did really enjoy the “horror” aspects of June seeing Athena’s ghost but I did get a little bored of it. I guessed that Candice would seek revenge immediately, not necessarily a criticism but I would like it to have turned out to be someone random and that June is making it up in her head like the Diana scene. Not sure if I’ll re-read but I did enjoy seeing the complex relationship between Athena and June become more clear throughout the novel.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Racism, Rape, Death of parent, and Cultural appropriation

Moderate: Mental illness, Misogyny, and Stalking

Minor: Eating disorder

seamoonstone's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Minor: Eating disorder

amandaboyer's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Eating disorder, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

britbreeze's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Stalking, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Cultural appropriation, Toxic friendship, and Dysphoria

Moderate: Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Grief, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Eating disorder, Mental illness, Rape, and Vomit

rnbhargava's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny informative lighthearted mysterious reflective relaxing sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

This is a narrative about personal jealousy, racism in publishing and interrogating race politics 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Sexual assault, Xenophobia, Blood, Stalking, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Biphobia, Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, Drug use, Eating disorder, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Rape, Sexual content, Medical content, Grief, Alcohol, Dysphoria, War, and Classism

The entire narrative of this book is about a White American woman excusing and justifying her actions against a college friend and writer colleague who is Chinese American plus the varying moods and swings in action to conceal what she is doing. We are in the mind of the white woman character the whole time and it’s intentionally uncomfortable to be in this character’s head. Pace yourself if you need to though this novel isn’t that long.

torturedreadersdept's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cursing, Death, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Grief, Stalking, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Dysphoria

Minor: Bullying, Eating disorder, Genocide, Homophobia, Sexual content, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Abandonment, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail