Reviews tagging 'Islamophobia'

Babel by R.F. Kuang

274 reviews

starryfruits's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark informative mysterious reflective sad 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: Complicated

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Oougghhh ougghhh
Id reread this if I could but it'd hurt too much 

eOUGHHHH i might come back and edit this i genuinely cant put into words enough that this was written like a movie

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Medical content, Murder, Cultural appropriation, Colonisation, Classism

Moderate: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Islamophobia, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Pandemic/Epidemic

singingbooks's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad 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: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Racism, Sexism, Xenophobia, Trafficking, Grief, Murder, Cultural appropriation, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Infidelity, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Islamophobia, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Cultural appropriation, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Colonisation, War, Classism

rainydaisies's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Xenophobia, Colonisation, Classism

Moderate: Slavery, Violence, Islamophobia

vickchip's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional 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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Torture, Xenophobia, Murder, Classism

Moderate: Child abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Islamophobia, Religious bigotry, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

Minor: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use

bookbestie_rina's review against another edition

3.25

reflective tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Racism, Violence, Xenophobia, Colonisation

Moderate: Racial slurs, Murder

Minor: Islamophobia

mld12's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

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I've never read a longass book before and thought "yeah, it needed all those pages." But this one? YES. My only qualm is I wish it was clearer when the fact tidbits were made up or real. Amazing amazing, RF Kuang never misses. I couldn't read it in one go because it was SO MUCH to think about.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Trafficking, Cultural appropriation, Toxic friendship, Colonisation, War, Classism

Moderate: Addiction, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Islamophobia, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, Murder, Abandonment, Deportation

Minor: Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Sexual violence, Death of parent, Alcohol

rock_gnome's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

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: Addiction, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Self harm, Sexism, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Blood, Police brutality, Islamophobia, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Cultural appropriation, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, Deportation, Pandemic/Epidemic

tessvosper's review against another edition

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

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

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

mizburnsreads's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging emotional funny inspiring sad tense

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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I didn't know I needed an alternate reality take down of academia, colonialism, racism and sexism disguised as a book about linguistic magic, but I did. I'm going to read this again. Also who is this author and why have I not heard of them before?!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Racism, Violence, Xenophobia, Murder, Sexual harassment, Colonisation

Moderate: Islamophobia

betrayal by white woman "ally"

raptorq's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious 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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I would give this 10 stars if I could.

Frankly, required reading.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Islamophobia, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

Moderate: Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, War, Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Body horror, Child death, Drug use, Gore, Sexual assault, Suicide, Religious bigotry