Bestselling author of Babel and The Poppy War trilogy, criticized for heavy-handed writing, modern political jargon in historical settings, and shallow treatment of Chinese history
"R.F. Kuang is one of the top bestselling authors at the moment and she's known for churning out novels that blow up on "booktok". She's been trying to angle herself as a serious figure in literary fiction recently - she even got a glowing profile in The New Yorker suggesting that she should get a Bo"
"There was an even mix between normal yet reserved types and mainstream redditor types in their twenties. Unfortunately none shared my superior taste in books and all read solely 'high fantasy' YA fiction or listened to audio books by RF Kuang or adjacent (which tbh is better than nothing). Needless "