Book Review: Yellowface by R.F. Kuang
Yellowface by R.F. Kuang is about Yale classmates and friends, June Haywood and Athena Liu, debuting their novels at the same time with both expecting to become well known authors. When Athena suddenly dies in front of her friend, June makes a rash decision and steals Athena's manuscript, pawning it off as her own in hopes of attaining some of the fame Athena found. Will June be caught? This novel was the October selection for the book club I belong to. Although the synopsis sounded intriguing, I was afraid I was going to be dissatisfied with the direction that the story would take. My assumption was correct. June ended up being as unlikable as I thought she would be and literally had no redeeming qualities. She kept making excuses and trying to rationalize the reason for stealing Athena's manuscript and publishing it as her own. I kept waiting for her to get caught or reveal what she had done, but neither one really happened, which just ...