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Babel by R.F. Kuang

11 reviews

celery's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Medical content, Misogyny, Genocide, Grief, Gun violence, Trafficking, Vomit, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Child death, Religious bigotry, Sexual harassment, Torture, Xenophobia, Kidnapping, Sexual violence, Slavery, Drug abuse, Gore, Stalking, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Bullying, Terminal illness, Mass/school shootings, Antisemitism, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Suicide, Alcohol, Child abuse, Cultural appropriation, Colonisation, Cursing, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Islamophobia, Police brutality, Self harm, Abandonment, Addiction, Suicidal thoughts, Classism, Sexual assault, Death of parent, Deportation, Medical trauma, Drug use, Emotional abuse, War, Murder, Racism, Sexism, Toxic friendship, and Confinement

emily_zylstra02's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Violence, Bullying, Suicide attempt, Sexism, Antisemitism, Body shaming, Xenophobia, Child abuse, Kidnapping, Blood, Emotional abuse, Classism, Slavery, and Racism

jamesdaniel's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Grief, War, Sexism, Violence, Colonisation, Racism, Xenophobia, Hate crime, Murder, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Child abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Abandonment, Trafficking, Suicide, Death, Classism, Sexual harassment, Misogyny, and Gun violence

Minor: Body horror, Medical trauma, Blood, and Antisemitism

leila_reads_too_much's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Misogyny, Antisemitism, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Gun violence, Grief, Racism, Sexism, Suicide, War, Colonisation, Domestic abuse, Blood, Deportation, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, Xenophobia, Classism, Death of parent, Racial slurs, and Violence

Minor: Slavery, Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment, and Torture

woweewhoa's review

dark emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Gun violence, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Sexism, Colonisation, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, Gaslighting, Misogyny, Islamophobia, Emotional abuse, Racial slurs, and Racism

Moderate: Alcohol, Blood, Physical abuse, Toxic friendship, War, Torture, Sexual harassment, Drug use, and Child death

Minor: Antisemitism and Suicide

winterwoodbooks's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

One the best books ever written.
One of my favorite books of all time, this feels like my soul.

For everyone who loves Addie LaRue! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Classism, Colonisation, Deportation, Domestic abuse, Forced institutionalization, Genocide, Grief, Hate crime, Islamophobia, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Murder, Racism, Suicide attempt, Antisemitism, Drug abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Ableism, Death, Drug use, Mental illness, Self harm, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Torture, War, Addiction, Alcohol, Cultural appropriation, Cursing, Racial slurs, Rape, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide, Trafficking, Toxic friendship, Death of parent, Medical content, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Blood, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gun violence, and Body horror

avertacnik's review against another edition

dark emotional informative inspiring sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Babel has made it on my list of best books of all time. It is impeccably researched and wonderfully intellectual without the snobbery that this topic could have garnered. It challenged me as an academic in a new and refreshing way. I am grateful to this author for not only providing me with glorious entertainment but also inspiration to be a voice and an ear when necessary for change! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Classism, Racial slurs, and Suicide

Moderate: Violence, Colonisation, and Sexism

Minor: Bullying, Child abuse, Alcoholism, and Antisemitism

eisenbuns's review against another edition

challenging dark tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cultural appropriation, Blood, Colonisation, Gun violence, Xenophobia, War, Racial slurs, Racism, Death of parent, Violence, Toxic friendship, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death, Torture, Suicide, Gaslighting, Sexism, and Slavery

Minor: Child death, Drug use, Antisemitism, Emotional abuse, and Drug abuse

aklovekorn's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Racism, Colonisation, Islamophobia, Misogyny, Sexism, Violence, Classism, Cultural appropriation, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Racial slurs, Religious bigotry, War, Xenophobia, Grief, Murder, and Suicide

Moderate: Kidnapping, Torture, Bullying, Drug abuse, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Toxic friendship, Car accident, Death of parent, Blood, Child death, Physical abuse, Slavery, Cursing, Drug use, and Antisemitism

laurenkimoto's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

This book is exactly what I wanted and expected of it. 
Kuang seamlessly takes her knowledge, history and blends it together to bring this world and characters to life. I wanted to join the characters at Oxford and their journeys and fights. How can she take their suffering and make a wonderful story of it????

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Death, Drug abuse, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Racism, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Slavery, Violence, Xenophobia, Antisemitism, Cultural appropriation, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Islamophobia, Toxic relationship, Classism, Murder, Toxic friendship, and War