joël rated Yellowface: 4 stars

Yellowface by R. F. Kuang (duplicate)
What's the harm in a pseudonym? New York Times bestselling sensation Juniper Song is not who she says she is, …
he/him, cis. ~37 years. journalism, podcasts, writing. and also reading, of course.
I like sci-fi, plants, public transport, ttrpgs, lasagna, birds. Thinking a lot about the apocalypse, the climate, monsters and queerness.
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What's the harm in a pseudonym? New York Times bestselling sensation Juniper Song is not who she says she is, …
Very enjoyable, quite romantic (even if I'm not that big of a fan of the enemies to lovers trope) and tells us a very important lesson: you win the time war by not writing about paradoxes, meeting your grandparents or much of the details of time travel in general.
Listened to the German version audiobook (due to library reasons), found it good and very honest, but I think I would have liked a more chronological or topical structure better.
Durch eine Internetbekanntschaft habe ich von Theresa Hannigs PANTOPIA gehört, es begeistert bestellt und innerhalb von 3 Tagen verschlungen.
Schöne Utopie, auch wenn ich so meine Probleme mit dem (Begriff des) "perfekten Kapitalismus" habe. Ich habe beim Lesen oft gelacht, zum Schluss sind ein paar Tränen verflossen und es gab Star-Trek-Anspielungen. Auch wenn vieles sehr viel einfacher geht, als es wohl in der Realität ablaufen würde: Es tut gut, eine positive Geschichte über eine übermächtige KI zu lesen.
The queer history of London, with a lot of historical facts and anecdotes. The final chapter (on the 20th and 21th century) was too short and the conclusion felt weird. I liked the historical information, even if most of the stories are not very uplifting.

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