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A review by being_stupid
Disorientation by Elaine Hsieh Chou
challenging
emotional
funny
informative
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
THANK YOU to that one person on TikTok who said that this book was 'YellowFace' by R.F. Kuang but done better.
It really is.
Was literally GAGGED by this book. But more specifically about the comparison with YellowFace. I do think it is better in the sense that it is less academic and the MC is less caricatural. Not that R.F. Kuang's MC was a caricature. But Ingrid Yang's character feels more like a complex human being that what I remember of YellowFace's MC (I forgot her name).
This book has such crazy scenes but we all know here that they are more than likely.
Moreover, these scenes actually bring something to the table for Ingrid's character development while, for what I can remember of Yellowface, the crazy scenes did not always.
Anyways, not gonna do a paper about it, I really like Ingrid Yang which is something considering I hated her in the beginning.
Almost forgot, Yellowface is more about the concept of yellowface that about the characters while Disorientation is about the character but talking about yellowface. Both books discuss similar points but since Disorientation is character development focus it feels much easier to read. At least from what I can remember of my reading of YellowFace which was about 18 months ago.
It really is.
Was literally GAGGED by this book. But more specifically about the comparison with YellowFace. I do think it is better in the sense that it is less academic and the MC is less caricatural. Not that R.F. Kuang's MC was a caricature. But Ingrid Yang's character feels more like a complex human being that what I remember of YellowFace's MC (I forgot her name).
This book has such crazy scenes but we all know here that they are more than likely.
Moreover, these scenes actually bring something to the table for Ingrid's character development while, for what I can remember of Yellowface, the crazy scenes did not always.
Anyways, not gonna do a paper about it, I really like Ingrid Yang which is something considering I hated her in the beginning.
Almost forgot, Yellowface is more about the concept of yellowface that about the characters while Disorientation is about the character but talking about yellowface. Both books discuss similar points but since Disorientation is character development focus it feels much easier to read. At least from what I can remember of my reading of YellowFace which was about 18 months ago.