Yellowface — An ugly dive into the world of publishing

This must be one of the most hyped books recently, so it piqued my interest, and I picked it up once I had some free time and wanted a change of reading genre from the amazing Bad Blood and the super cheesy romantic The Heart Principle. It was a good book, although I am not 100% sure how long it will stay at the top of people’s minds.

Fresh from the huge success of Babel, R. F. Kuang hit it again with another best-seller, and I could understand why. The book delved into the topic of the book publishing industry, something not very widely known and understood, and revealed the ugly details of hatred and competition between authors. There are professions shrouded in mysteries, and writers are one of them. Not much has been said about the publishing process and what writers go through from the ideation to the publication of the book, so Kuang has made a very good choice of topic to dig into.

Another reason why the book was an instant hit was the choice of characters. If you spend a reasonable…