#juniper song

[forthegothicheroine]

I should reread Follow Her Home, now that I've reread The Big Sleep and can see how that book (with its heroine who is explicitly a Raymond Chandler superfan) is in dialogue with it at so many beats- the opening paragraph, the ripping off the bed sheet scene, the hidden not-quite-porn, her morally ambiguous choice at the end, and perhaps most importantly, its conceit of how much scarier Carmen Sternwood would have been as a man.

[aheartsolovley]

I’m reading Yellowface and this Juniper character is infuriating man lol

[rewrite-canon]

yellowface spoilers

no because why is she copying and pasting the exact words in her novella. could she have not just reworded that paragraph or cut it out entirely? did she learn nothing?? NOTHIGN? im going to rip my hair out i swear

[lunarluce]

Yellowface becomes even more fun when you frame it like a Twitter thread. Particularly this one famous tweet:

I can hear it: y'all wanna know how this white bitch had me allll the way fucked up?

or: June Hayward aka Juniper Song is a lying racist opportunistic thief who stole from her dead best friend. THREAD 🧵

But everyone in this novel is a different shade of awful. There is no one who is redeemable and there is no one who is really asking for it. While I never rooted for June, I did want several different people to beat the brakes off her!

Good, compulsive read!! For the people who love drama and watch Twitter beef like 🫣😮😗. Check it out!

[mysteriesbooks]

idk if anyone else is caught up in booktok drama but, remember, June Hayward isn’t a role model (sticker and such)

[annafromuni]

A Deep Dive into the Unreliable Characters and Confrontational Social Commentary of Yellowface

Yellowface by Rebecca F. Kuang is a doozy. Before I get any further into it, let me make it abundantly clear – this is a deep dive into the book, meaning, if you haven’t read it yet I wouldn’t recommend reading this post as it will contain so many spoilers and insights into characters and major plot points. If you’re still here, buckle up because there is a lot to discuss. Let me make a…

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[books-and-hot-drinks]

I am reading Yellowface and goddamn. June is excruciating. I am not Asian so I guess I'm missing half of the racist comments she makes but how can she be this awful

[thereadingmoon]

june hayward vs. ingrid yang: dumb characters discovering that racism exists battle to the death, GO!