librarianryan 's review for:

Yellowface by R.F. Kuang
4.5
challenging emotional 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

 
WOW!  I own many books by this author, but this is the first one I have read.  While this is not in my normal genera (and the others are) there is just something so compelling about this book. From the first five minutes of the audio book I could not stop listening.  Not a bit.  I was glued.  It is the story of theft.  Idea theft. Of passing the work of one person off as another, damn the consequences.  And not only passing it off as yours, truly believing that it is yours.  It is your work, and the other author just did the basics.  It was interesting to be inside the main character’s head, and her thought process through the events of this book.  I saw myself as a reader on many of the pages, and in many of the events.  I see influencers I recognized as the parodies they are.  And I saw behind the eyes of someone reaching for the unattainable, just to have it crash around them for their own folly.  I loved everything about this book, and come fall, when they start handing out awards, this will be on the top of the list.!!