Yeah, it pretty much was. And the sad thing? This author seems to have some notion of social justice, they're just failing at it pretty damn hard with this. Because later in a chapter from said Asian character's POV, he notes that a white woman he's dealing with is the epitome of white privilege (actual words used).

I mean, come on. Why even make that statement like it's a good thing? If the author intended to address it or acknowledge it's skeeviness or something, maybe. But if it's just a throwaway descriptor why not say, "He had East Asian heritage, was very muscular and handsome". Ugh.

Ooh, thanks for reminding me about the Johnson book, because that is on my "find if possible" list.

Thanks for the ebook opinion. That makes another in the "mainly ebooks and yay fanfic on ereaders!" column. I've gotta get one of my own one of these days.