Reviews tagging 'Death'

Babel by R.F. Kuang

1496 reviews

sarahlhong's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful informative sad tense fast-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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Drug use, Racism, Violence, Blood, Murder, Colonisation, War

shaunack's review against another edition

5.0

dark hopeful 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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Xenophobia, Colonisation, Classism

Moderate: Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Sexism, Sexual assault, Slavery, Suicide, Violence, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic friendship

heyitsaugusta's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Racism, Suicide, Violence, Xenophobia, Islamophobia, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic friendship, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail

jamieintherain's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark emotional 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: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Police brutality, Islamophobia, Trafficking, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Drug use

atamano's review against another edition

3.0

dark slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Cultural appropriation, Colonisation, Classism

Moderate: Child abuse, Death, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Slavery, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Pandemic/Epidemic

jenna36's review against another edition

4.5

challenging emotional inspiring sad slow-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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This was a beautiful and heartbreaking read. I actually think it would have benefitted from being turned into a series rather than one long book. I simultaneously wanted less and more at the same time. But at the heart of it, R.F. Kuang's writing is always beautiful and she had an important story to tell. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Xenophobia, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, Colonisation

salicer's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Gore, Racial slurs, Racism, Torture, Xenophobia, Colonisation, War

Minor: Child death

hermes_uralt's review against another edition

3.25

emotional informative 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: Complicated

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Interessanter fiktionaler Blick auf den historisch realen Kolonialismus, eingebettet in eine nicht immer ganz logische, aber überwiegend lesenswerte Geschichte. Die für mich nicht immer nachvollziehbaren Reaktionen der Charaktere habe mein Lesevergnügen stellenweise etwas beeinträchtigt.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death, Racism, Sexism, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Colonisation, Pandemic/Epidemic

itsartemis's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous informative reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

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

Minor: Death, Racism, Xenophobia, Grief, War

kgatz's review against another edition

4.75

dark emotional inspiring reflective sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Islamophobia, Death of parent, Cultural appropriation, Colonisation, War, Classism

Moderate: Ableism, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Gun violence, Self harm, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Kidnapping, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Deportation