June criticises Athena's work by saying she often 'Hits the reader over the head' with her ideas. This is a perfect description of how I find Kuang's work. Her points are pertinent and important, but are very often portrayed in a very heavy-handed way, in my opinion unnecessarily.
 
Unfortunately, this book is no different. I get it - racist people = bad. But after the first 50% or so, the delivery just gets old. It’s a book about a racist, overall horrible woman trying to find out who's calling her out for her actions and trying to get away with theft. I don't care about June, so why would I care about how her story progresses/ends? 
 
If the book had more plot than 'racist author scared she'll get found out' then I could see myself enjoying it more (I'm currently reading 'The Other Black Girl' by Zakiya Dalila Harris, which comments on many of the same issues within the publishing industry, but in a much more compelling and readable way), but as it is I'm just over this book.
 
There's no intrigue, nothing is new to me, it's just a barrage of racist ideology. Maybe it could be an important read for people who are completely oblivious to race issues, but I'm bored by it.
 
This is me officially giving up on Kuang. After loving the first two books in 'The Poppy War' trilogy, hating the last one, and finding 'Babel' so horribly pretentious, I won't be reading anything else by her.