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Graphic: Death, Racism, Slavery, Suicide, Violence, Toxic friendship, Colonisation, War, Classism
Graphic: Child abuse, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Slavery, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, War, Classism, Pandemic/Epidemic
Moderate: Death, Racism, Xenophobia, Murder
Set in Oxford, the story centres around the Royal Institute of Translation in Oxford, and its role in perpetuating colonialism through it’s monopoly of silver bars (powered by the untranslateable space between different languages). Babel is
reliant on the labour of individuals taken from the colonies at a young age, and the story follows their gradual realisation of the role they play in holding up the very machine that exploits and holds them captive.
It is a deep and emotional read, but I really enjoyed how much this book made me think about my own experiences at Oxford.
Graphic: Death, Racial slurs, Racism, Colonisation
Moderate: Sexism
Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Islamophobia, Grief, Murder, Toxic friendship, Colonisation, War, Classism
Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Xenophobia, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic friendship, Colonisation, War
Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Hate crime, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Xenophobia, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Cultural appropriation, Colonisation, Classism
Moderate: Gore, Religious bigotry
Minor: Sexual harassment, War
Graphic: Death, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Blood, Grief, Murder, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Sexism, Slavery, Violence, Death of parent, Classism
this was heartbreaking I'm sad..wish the ending didn't 've to go w robin & the rest having to end their life to beat their colonizers but ik this what happens most of the time it's very awful & unfair idk what to feel about it but I'm glad Lovell died at least i wish letty died too instead of ramy it's making me so mad most people on the side of resisting brit colonizers just died ik they achieved their goal of putting the british a couple of yrs back but god what a heartbreaking way to end it still
Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Colonisation, Classism
Graphic: Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Xenophobia, Islamophobia, Grief, Colonisation, War, Classism
Moderate: Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Vomit, Police brutality, Religious bigotry, Murder, Pandemic/Epidemic