Yellowface

by R.F. Kuang, Rebecca F. Kuang

323 pages

English language

Published Sept. 26, 2023 by HarperCollins Publishers Limited.

ISBN:: 978-0-00-853278-9
Goodreads:: 167731538

Authors Juniper Hayward and Athena Liu were supposed to be twin rising stars. But Athena is a literary darling while June is a nobody. Who wants stories about basic white girls?, June thinks. So when June witnesses Athena’s death in a freak accident, she acts on impulse, stealing Athena’s just-finished masterpiece, an experimental novel about the unsung contributions of Chinese laborers during World War I.

So what if June edits Athena’s novel and sends it to her agent as her own work? So what if she lets her new publisher rebrand her as Juniper Song—complete with an ambiguously ethnic author photo? This piece of history deserve to be told, whoever the teller. That is what June believes, and The New York Times bestseller list agrees.

But June cannot escape Athena’s shadow, and emerging evidence threatens her stolen success. As she races to protect her secret she discovers exactly …

But June cannot escape Athena’s shadow, and emerging evidence threatens her stolen success. As she races to protect her secret she discovers exactly how far she will go to keep what she thinks she deserves.

6 editions

John McChesney-Young reviewed Yellowface by R.F. Kuang

Review of Yellowface

5 stars

My main problem with the book was that I don't think I've ever read a first-person book in which I've found the main character so unlikable, which made it a little hard to read. But it was a compelling story that was hard to put down.

hollow reviewed Yellowface by R.F. Kuang

Review of 'Yellowface' on 'Storygraph'

4 stars

I enjoyed this book! Wonderfully written and I couldn’t put it down.

patchworkbunny reviewed Yellowface by R.F. Kuang

Review of 'Yellowface' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

This feels like every publishing twitter drama distilled into a single novel.

Axl reviewed Yellowface by R.F. Kuang

Review of 'Yellowface' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

She gagged us a bit there lol, I thought I wasn't really into it, but then I read it in a day ? While having worked ?

Anyway R.F Kuang evoked so many things through this book, both in a satirical and a non satirical way, for example, Juniper Song is clearly unhinged but also we can feel the author put bits of herself in her, interesting interesting