I read this book following a lot of hype it received online and was also picked by the book club I’m in. 

Overall this book was thought provoking in the themes it challenges on racism and cultural appropriation. The main character was very unlikeable but I do feel as though that was very much the intention of the author and added to the story.

It is a clever book about how the story of ‘Yellowface’ came to be - very much a book-inception

A story of a book, within a book about how said story came to be … bit of a mind mess

That being said I don’t see myself rereading - I felt like it was very style over substance as it felt very heavy in the logistics of publishing rather than really pushing the plot along until about 75% of the way through and even then I could semi-predict the ending.

I mean of course Candace the begrudged employee would be the internet vigilante … the only interactions she’d had in the book prior to the end where all negative? 

I also felt the exodus steps could have been more impactful had it been foreshadowed in the many “flashbacks” Junes had about Athena and her time together rather than after the fact.

Overall the book just fell a little flat in terms of plot for me though I did really appreciate the writing style - perhaps just not for me.