isha riya

I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book (despite how painful it was). I just have some small complaints. Here are my comments: [Spoilers ahead] Something that somewhat annoyed me was how cliché June being caught by Candice was at the end of the book. I’m not sure whether it was intentional for it to be obvious that Candice was the one who hacked Athena’s Instagram account. And maybe it’s because I’m much younger than June and have more of an idea on how social media works and photoshop and all that, but she just seemed utterly clueless from the point when “Athena” started posting photos. I thought this was funny in a way, and the scene where June mistook somebody as Athena since she was also Asian and chased after her really stood out to me. I just think that it was very obvious that Candice was the culprit, and in the scene between June and Candice when June confesses, I could bascially predict everything that was going to happen - including the fall. I had hoped that a character from both Athena and June’s past was the one behind the Instagram account, and although I’m happy that Candice got her revenge, I thought that the way this was written was far too predictable. Aside from that minor error, the book was generally very entertaining. I found myself rolling my eyes whenever June so much as spoke about Athena or Chinese history in general, and at the end of every chapter I literally gasped. I was shocked especially to find out about how Athena had “stolen from June”. I desperately wish that June had told Athena’s ex-boyfriend about it, or literally anybody else because I feel like it was such an important aspect that was not explored enough. That being said, I don’t support ANY of June’s actions, and if you do then you’re probably the type of person to not understand the importance of this book. It’s definitely a struggle to read, and it was exhausting to hear June’s every thought, but it is so so important for everybody in society to read Yellowface - especially the people who say “I’m not racist, but…” Ignoring the cliché and how much I physically recoiled whenever June… existed, this book was incredible.