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Babel by R.F. Kuang

4 reviews

ekgranstro's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Self harm, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Cultural appropriation, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Gun violence, Slavery, Vomit, Medical content, Stalking, and War

celery's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Infidelity, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Antisemitism, Islamophobia, Medical content, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, and Deportation

rnbhargava's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective relaxing sad fast-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

5.0

This book is amazing. It feels classic, riffing on so many known qualities of well known books yet it still does its own thing. The history and ideas are implemented so intelligently that this fantasy feels more historic fiction than anything. The fantasy is really more for quickly explaining action and technology. The magic is in the language, the languages help define the characters and their dynamics with each other, it’s thrilling and heartbreaking at the same time.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Police brutality, Islamophobia, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

All the themes said to be triggers are present, particularly the race and religion ones. There’s a scene where it appears that female characters could hypothetically be assaulted. The racism and discrimination on religion angles are throughout the book. The major theme of the book is reconciling existing within educational institutions in the west while the same people you’re learning from are harming your original homelands, whether you remember them or not, and the moral plus political repercussions of that.

samileobooks's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

𝙱𝚊𝚋𝚎𝚕 : 𝙰𝚗 𝙰𝚛𝚌𝚊𝚗𝚎 𝙷𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚢
𝙱𝚢: 𝚁.𝙵. 𝙺𝚞𝚊𝚗𝚐 5/5 ✨

𝚃𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝙱𝚘𝚘𝚔 𝚒𝚜 𝚋𝚎𝚜𝚝 𝚍𝚎𝚜𝚌𝚛𝚒𝚋𝚎𝚜 𝚊𝚜 𝚊
𝚕𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚘𝚗 𝚒𝚗 𝚌𝚘𝚕𝚘𝚗𝚒𝚣𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚑𝚘𝚠 𝚒𝚝 𝚊𝚏𝚏𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚎𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚘𝚖𝚢, 𝚍𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚘𝚢𝚜 𝚌𝚞𝚕𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚎𝚜, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚑𝚘𝚠 𝚠𝚊𝚛 𝚞𝚜𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚜 𝚊 𝚝𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚌. 𝚂𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚎𝚊𝚟𝚎𝚜 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚕 𝚑𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚒𝚌𝚊𝚕 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚜 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚢. 𝚃𝚘 𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚏𝚊𝚕𝚜𝚎 𝚒𝚗𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚖𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚝𝚊𝚔𝚎𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚌𝚕𝚊𝚛𝚒𝚏𝚢 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚕𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝𝚕𝚢 𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚞𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚑𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚎𝚗𝚎𝚍 𝚋𝚢 𝚏𝚘𝚘𝚝𝚗𝚘𝚝𝚎 𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚋𝚘𝚝𝚝𝚘𝚖 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚙𝚊𝚐𝚎. 𝙻𝚎𝚊𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚘 𝚎𝚍𝚞𝚌𝚊𝚝𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚍𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑 𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚢 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚏𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚜. 𝚂𝚑𝚎 𝚝𝚊𝚔𝚎𝚜 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚋𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚜 𝚊 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚕𝚍 𝚘𝚏 𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚜 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚘 𝚒𝚝. 𝙻𝚎𝚊𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚘 𝚑𝚎𝚕𝚙𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚍𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚘 𝚞𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚒𝚝 𝚏𝚎𝚎𝚕𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚕𝚘𝚘𝚔𝚜 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚋𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚊𝚏𝚏𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚌𝚘𝚕𝚘𝚗𝚒𝚣𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗. 𝙰𝚜 𝚠𝚎𝚕𝚕 𝚊𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚌𝚎𝚜𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚊𝚍𝚊𝚙𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐  𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚗 𝚌𝚒𝚟𝚒𝚕𝚣𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗. 𝚃𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚘𝚠𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚍𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚘 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚗𝚎𝚌𝚝 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚞𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚑𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚢 𝚒𝚗 𝚊 𝚍𝚒𝚏𝚏𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚟𝚒𝚎𝚠 𝚘𝚞𝚝𝚜𝚒𝚍𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚜 𝚒𝚗 𝚊 𝚑𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚢 𝚋𝚘𝚘𝚔. 𝙸 𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚗𝚎𝚍 𝚊 𝚕𝚘𝚝. 𝙼𝚢 𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚍 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚎𝚡𝚙𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝙸 𝚜𝚎𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚕𝚍 𝚒𝚗 𝚊 𝚍𝚒𝚏𝚏𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚕𝚎𝚗𝚜𝚎. 𝙴𝚟𝚎𝚗 𝚍𝚘𝚠𝚗 𝚝𝚘 𝚖𝚘𝚟𝚒𝚎𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚋𝚘𝚘𝚔𝚜. 𝚁𝚎𝚌𝚘𝚐𝚗𝚒𝚣𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝙸 𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚟𝚒𝚘𝚞𝚜𝚕𝚢 𝚑𝚊𝚍 𝚗𝚘𝚝. 𝙸 𝚎𝚗𝚓𝚘𝚢𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚋𝚘𝚘𝚔. 𝙸𝚝 𝚋𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚖𝚢 𝚔𝚗𝚎𝚎𝚜 𝚜𝚘𝚋𝚋𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚜 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚙𝚎𝚛 𝚎𝚍𝚞𝚌𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚞𝚋𝚓𝚎𝚌𝚝. 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚊𝚞𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚛 𝚊𝚕𝚜𝚘 𝚛𝚎𝚌𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚜 𝚋𝚘𝚘𝚔𝚜 𝚜𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚍𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚘 𝚏𝚞𝚛𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝚎𝚍𝚞𝚌𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚘𝚗 𝚒𝚝.

• 𝙷𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚒𝚌𝚊𝚕

• 𝙻𝚒𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚛𝚢

• 𝙵𝚒𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗

• 𝙼𝚎𝚍𝚒𝚞𝚖 𝙿𝚊𝚌𝚎𝚍 

• 𝙳𝚊𝚛𝚔

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Sexism, Violence, Religious bigotry, Murder, and War

Minor: Stalking, Toxic friendship, and Sexual harassment