Yellowface

This was a recommendation from Reece Witherspoon's Book Club, so when I received an Amazon voucher for my birthday I decided to treat myself. Good story, well written. Book arrived in excellent condition.

Received a used book the first time and after returning it, got a damaged book with torn pages the second time!

The pages of the book were not in good condition

The book came without the cut!!!

Loved it so funny and witty

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💕 This book was definitely interesting, but not exactly one that you couldn’t wait to pick back up after putting it down. It’s an in depth look at the publishing industry as well as race within the industry. It flat out states what I’ve long known. Being a bestseller does not mean it’s the best book. It just has a great marketing team. Yellowface brings out the long debate concerning the ethics of writers who write outside their race or gender or sexuality. People want diversity but then question whether white women can write Asian or Black characters. Can men write female MCs? Can women write gay MCs? There was even a small discussion about the importance of sensitivity readers. The scene that compared the isolation of published authors and the sharing of work between high school writers was compelling. And sad. How some authors feel the need to safe guard their work and their ideas, rather than build a community of support among peers. Naturally, this book centres around June’s guilt and anxiety at being caught for stealing Athena’s work after her death. Her need to prove herself as a successful author, yet being unable to do so outside of Athena’s shadow. Her need for recognition and fame, justifying her using someone else’s words and ideas. How June changes her name and her author’s photo to essentially trick people into thinking she could be Asian, even though she doesn’t outright say that she is. Because a white woman writing about Chinese WWI labourers? Is that credible? Or is she simply trying to hide the fact that this it isn’t her original work? The thought that one successful token Asian author is all the industry needs is an interesting one. Thus shutting the door on other Asian authors and pigeon holing that author to an ethnic writing genre. It’s not a new thought but an interesting one for discussion. And the thought that, essentially, the publishing industry holds the power - to decide who gets published, what stories get published, and which books will reach the best sellers list.

Edición preciosa, tenía duda de que llegara bien, porque muchos comentarios decían que les llegaba mal cortado o dañado, pero llegó en perfectas condiciones

I am excited to read it but, I order the first time and the book was in a bad condition then ,I returned and I ask for replacement however, it came the same problem in bad condition because the papers of the book is not good I am confused now I hate the book when it’s not in appropriate way I can’t read it I feel that is something wrong.

Llegó en buenas condiciones, tenía miedo de que llegara todo mordisqueado como dicen en los demás comentarios pero llegó bien. Me encantan los libros de esta autora