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Yellowface: what a wild ride

Yellowface by RF Kuang

January 26, 2024 by donttrustthe_bea 2 Comments

mood music: t r a n s p a r e n t s o u l – willow smith This book was a wild ride. I had a very love-hate relationship with it, and it took time to finish because of this. A social commentary about the literary publishing world, it tackles issues with diversity and inclusivity and how minority writers are boxed into specific genres by their publishing companies in service of diversifying the signed authors. The story follows June Haywayd, a young […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: Asian Heritage, literary fiction, racism in publishing, RF Kuang, social commentary, unreliable female narrator

donttrustthe_bea's CBR16 Review No:6 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Asian Heritage, literary fiction, racism in publishing, RF Kuang, social commentary, unreliable female narrator ·
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Unreliable Narration Abound

None of This Is True by Lisa Jewell

December 16, 2023 by donttrustthe_bea Leave a Comment

So…I don’t 100% know how I feel about this book. Not because it’s poorly written, its mainly a personal preference of the use of unreliable narration. Lisa Jewell has crafted an excellent story here that was deeply enthralling, the only issue I had was with the ending, and it goes back to the unreliable narration. The story is set in England and follows two women, Alix Summers and Josie Fair, who meet at a pub while out celebrating their birthdays and discover that they are […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: #britishmystery, Lisa Jewell, psychological thriller, unreliable female narrator

donttrustthe_bea's CBR15 Review No:9 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: #britishmystery, Lisa Jewell, psychological thriller, unreliable female narrator ·
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Interesting concept that didn’t quite scare (CBR10 Bingo, Cover art)

September 28, 2018 by Aquillia 2 Comments

Over the summer, I read several books in the psychological suspense/thriller/unreliable female narrators genre. (Not sure what the actual term for the genre is!) I was trolling through my library’s Overdrive looking for books, and this one piqued my interest initially because I liked the cover art–I’m a big fan of the sort of artistically stylized covers, and also of creepy houses. The blurb also seemed like something I’d like to read: a historical fiction take on the thriller genre. The premise is that new […]

Filed Under: Suspense Tagged With: bingo square, cbr10bingo, cover art, cover art bingo square, creepy old house, gothic, laura purcell, unreliable female narrator

Aquillia's CBR10 Review No:25 · Genres: Suspense · Tags: bingo square, cbr10bingo, cover art, cover art bingo square, creepy old house, gothic, laura purcell, unreliable female narrator ·
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