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Graphic: Death, Drug use, Genocide, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Death of parent, Murder, Sexual harassment, Colonisation
There are things I would've liked to see though and they're the reasons for my rating. More moments of the blooming friendship, because it felt like we were just getting brief overviews. A little brevity here and there. A chapter or a few lines about what the outcome waa to Babel falling. Overall just little things here and there that would have made the story a little more enjoyable.
Graphic: Death, Racism, Violence, Xenophobia
Moderate: Child abuse, Racial slurs, Slavery, Grief, Murder, Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment
I cannot express how much I enjoyed reading this book, and how strongly I felt for all of its characters.
The only fault I can think of is that this’ll make so many future reads pale in comparison to Babel.
Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Grief, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
Moderate: Alcoholism, Child death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Genocide, Slavery, Police brutality, Medical content, Medical trauma, Cultural appropriation, Deportation, Pandemic/Epidemic
Minor: Ableism, Addiction, Self harm, Fire/Fire injury
idek what to say. I’ve watched him grow up since page one, and now…i want to hold ramy and robin and victoire so tight, i love them so much. they deserved so much better.
will be thinking about this one for a while.
Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Drug abuse, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Death of parent, Cultural appropriation, Toxic friendship, Colonisation, Classism
Moderate: Alcoholism, Sexual harassment
Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Drug use, Racial slurs, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Xenophobia, Blood, Murder, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Misogyny, Islamophobia, Medical content, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Classism
Minor: Vomit, War, Pandemic/Epidemic
Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Cultural appropriation, Colonisation, Classism
Moderate: Child abuse, Death, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Slavery, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Pandemic/Epidemic
Graphic: Bullying, Genocide, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Xenophobia, Murder, Gaslighting, Colonisation
Moderate: Slavery, Death of parent, Sexual harassment
Graphic: Death, Racial slurs, Racism, Xenophobia, Colonisation
Moderate: Physical abuse, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt
Minor: Drug use, Misogyny, Grief, Death of parent, Sexual harassment
The second half is also good, but it does feel like a different book. The "moral dilemma" feels very black and white, actually, because the book tells you exactly who is right and who is wrong. Obviously colonization was terrible and horrifying and wrong, but maybe there was more to say on the matter?
I liked Babel, a lot. I recommended it to everyone I talked to, the whole time I was reading it. But ultimately I think I fundamentally disagree with the book's thesis*. It just wasn't written for me, and that's okay, I still enjoyed it immensely.
*the book's thesis being that violence is necessary, not the fact that colonization is bad, OBVIOUSLY.
Graphic: Child abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Colonisation
Moderate: Sexual harassment, War
Minor: Slavery
Graphic: Addiction, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Self harm, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Grief, Murder, Cultural appropriation, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, War, Classism
Moderate: Hate crime, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Slavery, Torture, Blood, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Death of parent
Minor: Confinement