This book is definitely incredibly rooted in our modern society, where people get so easily butthurt about people writing about experiences that are not their own. 

Where do we draw the line with authors getting to write about foreign experiences? If a white author does the proper research and pays respect to real history, does it then allow them to write a story about a minority group and then profit from it? I personally don't have much thoughts about it, and I think it's impossible for all authors to have experienced every negative thing that they are allowed to write about in their books. My main opinion is that dictating that certain people are allowed to write is limiting and is a dangerous path for the publishing industry to head down. 

This book explores all that, of course in addition to blatant plagiarism. Our main character is deeply flawed, beyond her incessant justification of her terrible actions. But still, I think there is a deeper message to be found in reading this book, one that is very relevant to the state of our world today.