Reviews tagging 'Toxic friendship'

Yellowface by R.F. Kuang

677 reviews

katiepotatey's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Cultural appropriation

Moderate: Bullying, Rape, Sexual assault, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Vomit

srs_bookworm's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship

cpchester's review against another edition

challenging medium-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

2.0

Wanted to like this book since everyone LOVED it but I did not. Thought it was going to be a solid DNF but came back many months later and begrudgingly finished it on audio. Sigh, just not that good. Oh well. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Violence

Moderate: Toxic friendship

aislinghelen's review against another edition

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

4.5

I could not put this down. The only reason I marked it down was because I found some parts a bit slow and long. A few paragraphs felt like they were dragging on. Overall, it was a really interesting commentary and it became a "life imitates art” kind of thing. I hope one day this book won’t be relevant to the present.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Racism, Toxic relationship, Stalking, Cultural appropriation, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Confinement, Hate crime, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Xenophobia, Colonisation, and War

joethedragon's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cultural appropriation and Toxic friendship

jessicapinn's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

3.5

This was wild

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Stalking, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Gaslighting

dkamada's review against another edition

challenging dark funny informative mysterious reflective tense

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Colonisation, Dysphoria, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, and Deportation

zara_the_reader's review against another edition

dark inspiring mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.75

An incredible, gripping and immensely clever read - a hot take on the publishing industry and modern-day 'cancel culture'.  I could not put this book down. A meta-read, writing about writing, the creative process, pathological lying and a guilt-struck, questionaly unreliable narrator. Rocked my world! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Sexual assault and Vomit

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Violence

harmondarling's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Xenophobia, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Rape, Islamophobia, and Sexual harassment

wackly93's review against another edition

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Hate crime, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail