Reviews tagging 'Child death'

Babel by R.F. Kuang

117 reviews

liadh's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative inspiring sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood, Grief, Toxic friendship, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

Moderate: Gun violence, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Slavery, Suicide, Death of parent, War

Minor: Child death

jordyfrombookclub's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging emotional informative inspiring sad tense 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

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Wow. A sweeping, powerful and well-researched alternative history of the decline of the British Empire. Driven by a fascinating near-alchemical magic system, flawed and lovable main characters and an engrossing plot line, Babel is a poignant telling of the often brutal necessities of righteous revolution. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Colonisation

Moderate: Child death, Suicide, Torture

leesoko's review against another edition

4.5

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense 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: Complicated

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Great work, but I saw about every plot twist coming miles ago

I predicted that

Ramy would die

at the start of the book, I saw the

Griffin/Anthony/Evie/Sterling history

,

Lovell being Robins father

,

Babel being destroyed by the translate-silver-work

, and many more.

Great book nevertheless

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Blood, Grief, Murder, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

Moderate: Bullying, Gun violence, Misogyny, Slavery, Toxic friendship

Minor: Child death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Vomit, Antisemitism, Religious bigotry, Car accident, Death of parent, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Deportation

the_bookwormhole_'s review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic friendship, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

Minor: Child death, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Car accident, Alcohol

ekleinert's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark emotional sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Violence, Classism

issy_jacob's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark emotional informative mysterious 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: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Torture, Violence, Blood, Alcohol, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Suicide

gwyllion's review against another edition

4.5

challenging dark hopeful informative reflective sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Slavery, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Islamophobia, Grief, Religious bigotry, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, Pandemic/Epidemic

pey333's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Racial slurs, Racism, Colonisation

Moderate: Physical abuse, Sexism, Slavery, War

Minor: Addiction, Child death, Death of parent

chloemakesbooks's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful reflective sad tense fast-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

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Devastating. Clever. Awesome. Irritating. Absolutely one of the best books I've ever read. All the possible plot holes and character foibles can't take away from the world building, masterful construction, and conceptual prowess. Achingly confrontational, righteous, and disappointing. I have several critiques (slow start, Letty... Just Letty, Robin was fairly boring, killing off characters, heavy handed ending, anachronisms, some lack of device clarity) but I can't argue with choices that were clearly made thoughtfully, intentionally, to serve and make her point so masterfully. I think this is actually magical realism, not fantasy, and I loved the footnotes. Injected some much needed humor and self-deprecation/meta-commentary. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Racism, Slavery, Suicide, Trafficking, Death of parent, Murder, Colonisation

Moderate: Sexism, Torture, Toxic friendship, War

Minor: Addiction, Child death, Drug use, Gun violence, Fire/Fire injury

_marycappiello3's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism