Reviews tagging 'Genocide'

Babel: An Arcane History by R.F. Kuang

120 reviews

lorenag5's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional informative 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gun violence, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Blood, Islamophobia, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, Cultural appropriation, Colonisation, and Classism

abbyreadsbigbooks123's review against another edition

5.0

Ugh this was really good 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Hate crime, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

siannn's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-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

5.0

I'm still sobbing - this book gave me my favourite trope and then ripped my heart in half.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Slavery, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

erin_362's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

3.0

I FINISHED IT!!! 
I’m a little late getting to this one;
There were some parts that I was a little confused about but other than those few things I thought this was good 
It did kind of read like a textbook during any of the class scenes and that made it a little tedious to read, but I did like the commentary on colonialism and racism 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Racism, Violence, and Colonisation

Moderate: Genocide, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

Minor: Death of parent

kumquats87's review against another edition

dark emotional fast-paced

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

4.25

While I do have some issues with elements of the ending, I was completely on board with book. I related to Robin to a concerning degree, and the gothic, dark academic mood was everything I wanted. A dark academia that actually examined academia as a weapon of empire; as producers of “knowledge” used to subjugate, to maintain power relations and the status quo. Incredible.

I still want to know what happened in Burma.

Yes, there were footnotes. Yes, some characters could have been developed beyond the role of ideologue. Yet I also wanted to jump on the decolonisation train. (Sure, I wanted to do so beforehand, but that’s besides the point.) I felt sickened while reading this, so for me, it did the job.

Now, my final point. This was far funnier than I thought it would be. While it is not a comedy by any means, the dark humour in this book was right up my alley.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Cultural appropriation, Toxic friendship, Colonisation, and Classism

Moderate: Misogyny, Blood, Islamophobia, Gaslighting, and Deportation

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Suicidal thoughts, Police brutality, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

annamorgan27's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Slavery, Torture, Xenophobia, Blood, Islamophobia, Grief, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, Colonisation, War, and Classism

Moderate: Drug use

sarahcerdena's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Violence

Moderate: Death, Genocide, Misogyny, and Murder

Minor: War

gusarapii's review against another edition

challenging inspiring reflective sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexism, Sexual assault, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Colonisation, and Classism

ripxreads's review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Racial slurs, Racism, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Kidnapping, Gaslighting, Colonisation, War, and Classism

Moderate: Child abuse, Drug abuse, Misogyny, Sexism, Slavery, Torture, Police brutality, Islamophobia, Death of parent, and Murder

Minor: Addiction, Religious bigotry, and Sexual harassment

leobutcapricorn's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Racial slurs, Racism, Xenophobia, Colonisation, and Classism

Minor: Genocide, Misogyny, Slavery, and Islamophobia