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Babel by R.F. Kuang

1500 reviews

bron01's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional reflective sad 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

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emilyaposton28's review against another edition

5.0

challenging informative reflective 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: Complicated

Just absolutely incredible. The plot, the themes, the message - and the story in which they’re portrayed is wildly moving. This will, without a doubt, be a novel I recommend to everyone, and I can imagine it will continue to be talked about for a very long time as a critical statement about colonization.

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jewel318's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous challenging dark reflective sad tense 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: Yes

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fininwonderland's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional 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

“𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵’𝘴 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘴, 𝘪 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬. 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵’𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘴. 𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘳𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘣𝘪𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘴𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺’𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘢𝘺. 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘦𝘭𝘴𝘦 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴.”

5✩

i don’t even have to words to try and articulate how i feel about this story, it was utterly heartbreaking, yet an incredibly important story to be told, and to be read. the real life problems addressed in this book were eye opening, thought-provoking, and written in a way that was unsettlingly real. not often have i felt every single emotion i know whilst reading a book, but babel brought them all out, and left me staring at the wall in awe- and in grief.

the world building, the writing, the characters- everything about this book was so well crafted, every word i read was truly a work of art, and done with such precision. each character felt so alive, so real, and it was impossible not to get attached to each of them. they’re so authentically themselves, so well developed, and so detailed.

another thing that simultaneously warmed my heart, and ripped it to shreds, was the found family in this story. from the first few chapters i just couldn’t help but fall in love with the dynamics, and root for each and every one of them.

frankly, this is a book that will hold a special place in my heart. i hadn’t read any works by rf kuang prior to babel, but i will check out all her other work. genuinely an outstanding book.

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