I saw this Instagram video about R.F. Kuang and M.L Wang and the tokenization of both these authors: https://www.instagram.com/p/DQJwOWlk1k9/

My reading of what I gathered from video (which just person with words written over them) and comments is that there are white savior aspects to Blood Over Bright Haven? And the reason people take issue with Babel seems to stem from the fact that Kuang won't pander to white people by doing that?

But the thing that I really wanted to speak on was a specific comment. I do not know how to make a gif from my photo of it, but I will write it out:

"HAHAHAHA I was so close to picking up blood over bright haven then @bingsujung talked about the reverse racism fantasy and ML Wang making the people of Korean names the ones oppressing the people with Japanese names, i think that's what it was...that combined with the others things i've heard from them, I'm not giving my time to bobh that's just me thouh" written by faithlakasan

My question is for those who have read this book: Did you see any of this, do you know if this is enough of an issue that it is better to avoid this book. I am not here for white savior shit so I most likely won't pick it up anyways, if that is the case but the part in the quoted comment...how bad is it? I have not seen anyone talk about these issues before. I don't know why...I can guess but I'd like to see what people on here have to say about this.

I would like to buy a Kindle but ldk which one is the best?l would love to hear your opinions on it!!🌷🫶🏼

I don't think I really much like that the basis of the story is a revolution, born out of greed from people in power crushing small islanders, and yet the main character is just this air-head girly not aware or understanding of the struggles. This is giving comfortable in my own privilege, and I know it's not the point of the book/story, but that's exactly my point : why make it the background of the situation or a character uninterested in the actual hardships of people.

I'm not fond of the "I like books better than people" POV when the reason is you just don't care about people, period.

I hope it will develop into something and let Kiela grow, but she's not relatable or cute right now.

And I say this with lots of love… don’t forget to turn on the spoiler button on the forum posts and reviews 😩

I’m reading a book that just released (been waiting a year for it) and I already saw something that seems like a spoiler and I’m only 5% in 🫩 and since we can’t filter what books not to see updates on yet, I feel like I have to pause on Pagebound for the time being 😩

Maybe it’s just me but I put the spoiler button on almost anything I post if it includes a character name or something that can potentially hint at an event or moment. I try to be as careful as I can!

I feel like non spoiler posts are more about how the book makes you feel and the writing style and such.

Has anyone been running into the same issue? Or am I just being a whiner? 😓 I feel like not everyone is on the same page about what constitutes as a spoiler so it’s a bit hard for sure 🫤

am i tripping or is this that colonizer romance book

This is extremely funny - they printed out wrong this edition I have. Like the book jumps from page 682 to page 749, and I have to go all the way to the end to reach page 683 and continue on, I LOVE THIS