Yellowface by R.F. Kuang

I'm cackling because the MC is 27....and I am 27
I appreciate the book for the publishing knowledge, but like....
my hatred for the MC ruined it.
And I know the character is supposed to be problematic, and it's supposed to be satire, but I don't know if it's good satire if you can't tell what the actual point is.
Also...as a white writer, I'm still trying to figure out how to write diverse stories when I have the uniqueness of white bread.
It wasn't bad writing, but I didn't like the book.
336 Pages

Babel: Or the Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators' Revolution by R.F. Kaung

Fantasy Victorian England with characters that aren't white. Sign me up. lezzgo.
Shots fired at Charles Dickens
Shots fired at the white person's flavor palette
"If tobacco smelled like [books] he'd huff it every day" Mood.

Let's go off about the Industrial Revolution. I. am. here. for. it. 
"It's French. Latin's flimsiest daughter"
"there's no novelist writing about the effect of opium on Chinese families" haha. I see you, RF Kuang.
When one of the quote's is Victor Hugo. 
ALSO THERE ARE FOOTNOTES.
Literally. Chef's kiss. Perfection. I am not worthy of R.F. Kuang and her brilliance. fjkldsfjildsafjklds I can't. I just can't. The commentary. The history. The language. fjkldsasfjkld Send help. 
560 Pages

The Burning God by R.F. Kuang

So this makes me uncomfy. Just like...War... But I guess it's good that war is making me uncomfortable.
Kitay is the best, and I love him. He's just a little nerd who loves to strategize and I love him.
And Nezha. I will always love Nezha.  
No one talk to me. I don't. I can't. I just like....
Rin's development throughout the book. Just. like. Wow.
Talking about the way that civil war ravages a country and how much it affects the innocent bystanders who are just simply trying to survive. Do I want to get on my soap box about the civil wars in the 1960s-80s. Yes I do. 
Did someone walk up behind me as I was finishing the book and see my crying.....yes. 
640 Pages

The Dragon Republic by R.F. Kuang

Insert that scene from Wonder Woman with the chick who plays with chemicals.

You ever just cringe for someone and the stupid decisions they're making
I love Kitay. I love my squad. They're wonderful, and by wonderful I mean too pure for this world, and yet they could kill you in an instant.
Ohhhhh... I get the cover now. 
Honey noooo, don't do that. 
I have lots of feelings, and people should just talk to each other
672 Pages

The Poppy War by R.F. Kuang

Ok so self-harm warning

Ok and now I'm in pain. Like. No one talk to me.
And I am once again at the point in my life where if I was able to read the names instead of hear them I would be able to tell the difference between characters.
Did my brain hear the OG Attack on Titan theme song...yeah
544 Pages