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𝒀𝒊𝒍𝒅𝒊𝒛𐙚50w ago
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️Yellowface: A Masterclass in How to Ruin Your Life Publicly and Still Think You’re the Main Character
Imagine stealing a dead woman’s novel and then somehow thinking you’re the VICTIM.
That’s June Hayward.
This woman could burn down a house and be like,
“It’s the fire’s fault for being flammable.”
June Hayward really looked at Athena Liu’s corpse, shrugged, and said:
“Finders, keepers, bitch.”
And honestly?
That was her smartest decision in the entire book.
It only gets dumber from there.
She gaslit herself so hard she could’ve lit up Times Square.
Like:
“I didn’t steal! I preserved her work! I’m a hero! Publishing is racist against me!”
Ma’am, you robbed a grave and then wrote an essay about how YOU were the oppressed one.
You are not Robin Hood.
You are just Hood.
Halfway through, she’s hallucinating Athena’s ghost —
but instead of SHUTTING UP,
she does the most white woman in a horror movie thing imaginable:
Confesses every felony out loud.
Like the ghost is gonna say,
“Thank you, queen, for admitting you’re trash! You’re free to go now!”
Girl, have you never seen a single episode of Dateline??
And when Candace (karma in human form) finally pulls up to collect her soul,
does June take the L gracefully?
NOPE.
She pulls out the world’s smallest violin and plays:
“I was cyberbullied. I was oppressed. The diversity industry hates white people.”
Not her giving a TED Talk titled How To Play Victim 101 while standing over the career she nuked herself.
And y’all…
the fact that she thought falling down the stairs = opportunity to press charges against Candace??
Girl, you didn’t get attacked.
You got served.
By gravity.
BY THE STAIRCASE.
you tripped on your own lies.
You faceplanted off your own ego.
Candace didn’t have to push you you slipped on your fake victim tears
Also can we TALK about the end?
June, sitting there all alone in her crusty apartment after the hospital STILL plotting her comeback, still thinking she’s “misunderstood” like she’s some tortured anti-hero from Euphoria.
No, bestie.
You’re not Rue.
You’re that one background character who gets written off after Episode 1 for stealing lunch money
FINAL THOUGHTS:
I hated June with the fire of a thousand suns,
but watching her slow-motion car crash of a career was the most fun I’ve had all year.
It was giving Gone Girl if Amy Dunne was stupid.
I am OBSESSED.
5 STARS.
For chaos.
For mess.
For June being the human embodiment of “it’s not my fault, your honor.”
ROT IN DELULU HELL, MISS HAYWARD.
4.3
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CJReads47w ago
Damn the internet has done this book dirty. I, and I think many people although I don’t want to speak for them, thought this book was a romance. That it’s a love story. I mean the book is centered around the relationship between Connell and Marianne. And it’s a romantic one. So it’s a romance novel right??? No. This is not romance and it doesn’t have anything to do with the genre. This is a case study on toxic relationships, on manipulation, on childhood trauma, on societal pressures, on how people change (or don’t change) over time. Connell and Marianne are stupid. They’re obnoxious at times. They make the wrong decisions. A lot. All the time even. People hate these characters, they rage at the book and put hateful threads online about how stupid these characters are. But that’s the wrong reaction. They are simply people. Are they good? No. Are they bad? I don’t think so. Neither of these characters are down right evil. They are a certain way because of their previous experiences. Their behaviors are all linked to something. They do not just do something for the sake of doing it, because humans don’t do that. Everything is connected somewhere. Now does that justify their actions? No. But do their actions make sense? Yes. I find the whole “bro if they just talked this book would be three pages” point to be really drawn out. You’re giving me nothing. That’s not an actual critique. Of course you can say they could’ve “just talked”. Just like Katniss could’ve not volunteered as tribute, or Achilles and Patroclus could’ve “just run away” from it all. These discussions are pointless. Art has meaning. The point of Normal People is to dive into miscommunication and WHY it happens. If Sally Rooney wanted to write a romance where two characters had a great loving relationship that went flawlessly she could have. But she didn’t. And that’s the point. This is ugly, it’s hard to read, it’s cringey, it’s painful and THAT’S THE POINT. You’re meant to be upset by their actions. But you have to sit and think about them. And you realize that there is a reason for what they’re doing. A lot of people joke that Connell and Marianne are “not normal people.” Yeah they’re not normal. But that’s what makes them normal. They’re nuanced, they’re multilayered. They’re a mess. They don’t know what they’re doing. But we are all like that in some way. It’s very easy to say you wouldn’t do the things that they did but you also aren’t them. And people like this exist. And they are people. Not freaks, not assholes, they’re people. Stupid people? Maybe. Weird people? Sure. Evil people? No. Did I relate to them sometimes? Yes. Did I relate to them all the time? No. Some people might read this and relate painfully hard, and others might not see a single piece of themselves on these characters. Okay then. That’s cool. But to me, I just think downplaying this book as one big miscommunication just didn’t get the point. If you’re going to boil down any book to that baseline of a level there’s not really any point in reading. Sorry if this got a little heated I just am very upset with a lot of the discourse about this book. If you have actual problems with this book, I understand. It’s not going to be for everyone, that’s for sure. It’s definitely a controversial book. But it deserves to be treated fairly, and discussed just like other books are discussed. I think everyone should read this book to have their own opinion of it. And oh you’ll have opinions by the end trust me.
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RavenReads11w ago
WOW! I completely understand why the reactions to this book are so polarized. It tackles an incredibly uncomfortable subject and populates the story with people who are deeply damaged, messy, and often hard to sit with, and that’s exactly why it works.
This novel doesn’t ask for your approval or sympathy. Instead, it holds up a mirror to a wide range of brokenness: obsession, power, self-deception, loneliness, and the stories people tell themselves to survive. McCurdy’s wit and emotional perception are so sharp, cutting through every scene with uncomfortable clarity.
What makes the book so effective is how recognizable it all feels. You may not want to admit it, but you will see yourself (or someone you know) in at least one of these characters. That inevitability is what gives the story its bite and its power.
Disturbing, brutal, darkly funny, and unflinchingly honest, this is a book that dares you to look while refusing to let you look away.
4.3
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Jack Edwards18w ago
I cannot stress this enough: if you are in a reading slump READ 👏🏼 THIS 👏🏼 BOOK 👏🏼
A lottery winner who has squandered his winnings on booze is suddenly saddled with two orphaned children as their next of kin. Together with his own adult daughter and Pancakes the cat, the unlikely group take a road trip across America. Absurd predicaments, chaos, and hilarity ensue, in a book that is equal parts hilarious and heartbreaking.
Fans of Fredrik Backman, rejoice!! You’ll adore this writing style. Thank me later :)