64.5k reviews for:

Babel

R.F. Kuang

4.34 AVERAGE

nousxnous's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark mysterious 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: Yes

rbillard1's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring 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: No

tejals's review against another edition

2.25

adventurous medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

chickadee21's review against another edition

3.0

challenging dark informative sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

alexandthecats's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad 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: Complicated

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soaring story of power, colonialism, racism, friendship, and identity all wrapped up in a magic laden dark academia setting. also absolutely deep explanations of translation and the nature of meaning. loved this book so so much.

nkrieger25's review against another edition

4.5

emotional inspiring reflective tense 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

analiesecausey's review against another edition

5.0

slow-paced

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I looooove R F Kuang. This book has been on my list since reading the Poppy Wars. I’m glad I read that and Yellowface first because I felt I could trust her writing to get me to the end, even when it did take me about two months to complete. So many twists and turns and stories and lessons. The setting was so amazing too!! Characters reminded me a lot of those in the Poppy War… loveable but always making choices you either love or hate hahah. Literally these 4 I’ll be thinking about for a while <3

evq_pa's review against another edition

3.0

emotional mysterious 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: No

bookglutton's review against another edition

4.75

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Very much enjoyed this. Kuang sort of writes like she doesn’t trust us as her readers to get the meaning in the story. I appreciated her footnotes. No doubt miss rebecca is intelligent af and a ferocious storyteller

almosvajda's review against another edition

5.0

emotional informative reflective 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