Reviews tagging 'Abandonment'

Babel: An Arcane History by R.F. Kuang

138 reviews

alisonvh's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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? No

5.0

This book is so good and so well written! Although my first instinct is to say the author doesn’t give people enough credit for their capacity for empathy, I can’t deny that white people don’t have a great track record when it comes to empathy for people of color. In that way the book is similar to Power, which I loved. I’m going to have to sit with this one for a while before I can determine how I feel about it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Bullying, Death, Drug use, Gun violence, Infidelity, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Suicide, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Islamophobia, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Cultural appropriation, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail

risaleel's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative reflective tense medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Sexism, Slavery, Kidnapping, Cultural appropriation, Toxic friendship, Colonisation, and Classism

Moderate: Addiction, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Slavery, Suicide, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and War

Minor: Alcoholism, Blood, and Alcohol

nils_0's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Murder, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Colonisation, and War

Minor: Suicide, Police brutality, Kidnapping, and Suicide attempt

beanbob's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse

Moderate: Death, Misogyny, Racism, Death of parent, Abandonment, and Colonisation

Deals with themes of colonisation, racism and sexism

lucaslovesbooks's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad medium-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

4.75

This book's just amazing. The way you can take on different perspectives on racism, politics and discrimination is not just really interesting to read, but also affects you emotionally. It's so well written and the world, how Babel is described and how the view of the mcs change is truly captivating. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Slavery, Violence, Xenophobia, Murder, Abandonment, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexual assault and War

abibliophobic_nerd's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective sad tense 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? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Gun violence, Misogyny, Racism, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Grief, Murder, Cultural appropriation, Abandonment, and Colonisation

Minor: Body horror, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Xenophobia, and War

athenium's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Murder, Cultural appropriation, Toxic friendship, Colonisation, War, and Classism

Moderate: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Slavery, Suicide, Blood, Death of parent, Abandonment, and Alcohol

hwesta's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Grief, Murder, Colonisation, and Classism

Moderate: Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, and Abandonment

Minor: Addiction, Sexism, Slavery, Sexual harassment, and War

janay_shandell's review against another edition

challenging dark informative reflective 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? No

4.0

I really enjoyed my journey through this book. I haven't read a book this long in a while. A little slow in the beginning but picks up more in the second half. Definitely more character driven in the first half and quickly becomes solely plot driven in the second half in my opinion. I wouldn't say it was my top, top read of the year so far but It was definitely worth the hype and a good addition to my collection. The end was a little anticlimactic for me since there were so many hints as to where the outcome was leading that when it actually happened I wasn't surprised at all. It kinda felt like it dragged on and I was kinda like get it over already. Actually I would have like a better wrap up at the end, for example was the sacrifice of life and the necessity of violence actually worth it all in the end? 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Racial slurs, Racism, Suicide, Violence, and Colonisation

Moderate: Gun violence, Racial slurs, Self harm, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Death of parent, Cultural appropriation, Abandonment, and War

Minor: Bullying

lauragarabedian's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Bullying, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Infidelity, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Police brutality, Islamophobia, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Death of parent, Murder, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, and Deportation