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Babel

R.F. Kuang

4.34 AVERAGE

emotional hopeful mysterious sad 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: Yes

I went through stages of loving this book and hating it but overall liked it so probs a 3.5star!
adventurous dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

oh my god. oh my god oh my god. the best book i have ever read in my life. oh my GOD
adventurous emotional informative 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: Complicated
challenging emotional medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
fast-paced

There were things that really bugged me about this book and almost put me off reading it from chapter one. I think half of it was not knowing what the book was about apart from a ‘Babel’ in the heart of Oxford in the 1800s. 

Ultimately, the plot and characters swayed me and I became invested. The ending was worth the read and worth ignoring the niggling things that annoyed me as a reader. I want to rate it highly for how it made me feel, so 4 stars reflect that. The language of the book and the way some of the characters spoke took me out of the story a little which made sections harder to read. Based on that alone I would knock off a star. Complicated review but I enjoyed this book even though I didn’t think it would be fantasy!
challenging dark mysterious medium-paced
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring mysterious reflective 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: Complicated
emotional informative reflective tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes