Reviews tagging 'Death'

Babel by R.F. Kuang

1508 reviews

ecomorphlove's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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The plot was predictable but the entomology and weaving of actual historical events was interesting.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Grief, Murder, Cultural appropriation, Colonisation, War, Classism

eceleste's review against another edition

4.25

dark mysterious

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

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i absolutely loved all the dsicussion of language and its intricacies in this — it was soo interesting and never seemed to slow the book down or get so dense as to interrupt its compelling readable pace. which was INCREDIBLY fast for a 500 page book. this was so hard to put down!!! 
for a book about language and colonization i do wish there was a little more discussion of like language shift and suppression and the way language itself is used as a tool of colonization outside of the magical context but that's just because i'm really interested in that after the class i took last year abt langauge revitalization in the context of the celtic langauges. i also feel like it isn't really my place as a white american to disagree with the violence-is-necessary thesis of this book but i do feel like other things CAN work...and also that a lot of robin's actions near the end were, like victoire says, spurred by grief more than anything else. 

and oh my GODD i was so glad victoire survived. after all the other deaths. and bc when i thought she died when she and robin were in captivity i texted my friend who had read this already and got scared and when i realized she was alive my friend texted "now hope she stays that way"

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Racism, Violence, Xenophobia, Death of parent, Murder, Colonisation

wiiicked_witch's review against another edition

5.0

dark 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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Content Warnings

Minor: Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Cultural appropriation, Toxic friendship, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

ashingashing's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous emotional medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Slavery, Violence, Trafficking, Colonisation, Classism

Minor: Death, Grief, Murder

katelyn11's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark informative reflective 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: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Child abuse, Death, Blood

Minor: Death of parent

m00nbunss's review against another edition

4.75

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Sexism, War, Classism

Moderate: Death, Blood

Minor: Child abuse, Slavery

Lotti betrays them, Ramy dies, Robin kills professor Lovell, Griffin dies

tanvifalodiya's review against another edition

4.5

dark emotional informative inspiring reflective tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Blood, Grief, Murder, Alcohol, Colonisation, War, Classism

Moderate: Gore, Gun violence, Violence, Xenophobia, Islamophobia, Death of parent, War, Injury/Injury detail

pippasimp's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous challenging inspiring sad tense 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: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Violence

Moderate: Death, Injury/Injury detail

cosypuck's review against another edition

4.75

challenging emotional inspiring tense

Strong character development: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Chronic illness, Death, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, War

stephreads47's review against another edition

4.5

hopeful inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: N/A

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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The book is well written. It inspires reflection of morals, values, and what is worth fighting for, especially in the current political climate in the USA. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child abuse, Death, Gun violence, Racism, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Death of parent, Murder