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I related so much to the characters where they're stuck in this limbo between their native countries and a Western country -- you adopt culture but you'll never be one of them, yet you'll also never really fit in with the people from your home country.
The writing was very textbook-y, which I actually liked because it made sense: Babel is an institute of scholars. Though I do wish we spent a little more time in certain scenes.
Graphic: Child abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Xenophobia, Trafficking, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Colonisation, War, Classism, Deportation
Graphic: Racism, Xenophobia, Colonisation, Classism
Moderate: Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Sexism, Sexual assault, Slavery, Suicide, Violence, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic friendship
Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Police brutality, Islamophobia, Trafficking, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, Pandemic/Epidemic
Moderate: Drug use
Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Xenophobia, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, Colonisation
Graphic: Suicide
Moderate: Gun violence, Racism
Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Hate crime, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Colonisation, War, Classism
Graphic: Bullying, Genocide, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Xenophobia, Murder, Gaslighting, Colonisation
Moderate: Slavery, Death of parent, Sexual harassment
Graphic: Addiction, Death, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Islamophobia, Death of parent, Cultural appropriation, Colonisation, War, Classism
Moderate: Ableism, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Gun violence, Self harm, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Kidnapping, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Deportation
Graphic: Gun violence, Racism, Grief, Murder
Moderate: Child abuse, Suicide, Violence, Classism
Minor: Slavery
Graphic: Violence
Moderate: Gun violence, Racial slurs, Racism, Xenophobia, Colonisation