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Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Islamophobia, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Cultural appropriation, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
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
Graphic: Death, Racial slurs, Racism, Blood, Death of parent
Moderate: Colonisation, War
Minor: Cursing
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Xenophobia, Trafficking, Grief, Religious bigotry, Cultural appropriation, Colonisation, Classism
Moderate: Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Hate crime, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Death of parent
Graphic: Death, Genocide, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Grief, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Colonisation, War, Classism
Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Xenophobia, Islamophobia, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail
A delicate balance of hope and revelation, this book cannot be recommended. It can only be experienced.
Moderate: Bullying, Death, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Slavery, Xenophobia, Religious bigotry, Colonisation, Classism
Minor: Addiction, Child death, Cursing, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Slavery, Blood, Islamophobia, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, Alcohol
It challenged me, touched me deeply and is so well structured and written.
Graphic: Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Suicide, Violence, Grief, Murder, Toxic friendship, Colonisation, War
Moderate: Slavery, Grief
Minor: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use
Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Slavery, Suicide, Xenophobia, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
Moderate: Alcoholism, Abandonment
"That's just what translation is, I think. That's all speaking is. Listening to the other and trying to see past your own biases to glimpse what they're trying to say. Showing yourself to the world, and hoping someone else understands." (pg. 535)
I don't even know where to begin. R. F. Kuang has done it again. She has rattled me, shaken me to my core and I thank her for it. Going into it - having read the entire Poppy War series - I knew I was not bound for a happy, carefree book. Coming from an anthropology background, the extent of human destruction and hatred of "the other" it not news to me but it continues to move me every time.
I can already sense that I will return to this book over and over again in the future and will recommend it to everyone I come across, although not without warning.
The book's alternate title "The Necessity of Violence" captures the journey this book takes one on while reading quite succinctly, althought the extent of this might not seem obvious upon first glance.
In the process I have learned a great deal about linguistics and am planning on dealving into that further. But first I am going to have to digest what I have become witness to by reading this book.
Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Slavery, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Islamophobia, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Cultural appropriation, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, Deportation
Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Body shaming, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Hate crime, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Islamophobia, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, Deportation
Minor: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Islamophobia, Medical content, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, Deportation
Graphic: Death, Racial slurs, Racism, Suicide, Death of parent, Colonisation
Moderate: Child abuse, Confinement, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Blood, Murder, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, War
Minor: Alcoholism, Child death, Cursing, Drug use, Gun violence, Excrement, Vomit, Islamophobia, Sexual harassment