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Babel

R.F. Kuang

4.34 AVERAGE

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring sad tense 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: Complicated

This book is amazing. It should become required reading. Understanding how colonial structures influence the enquity and poverty of the people is the first step of freeing ourselves from oppression. 

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What a phenomenal book. R.F.Kuang is an impeccable author and made me feel so many emotions for the characters, their history and their futures. I have never and I feel will never read a more important historical fiction tied in with fantasy. The book always felt like everything happening could be real, and that is because it is based so closely of our own histories only with the fantastical visions of Rebecca, nethertheless, the fantasy aspect never took away the importance of the stories being told and the lesson being portrayed, in fact they only reinforce the ideologies. This book was astounding and if you want a place to begin reading historical fiction or non-fictions this is it.
adventurous challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective sad 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

rf kuang ate again what can I say

am I well though after reading this though? no
adventurous emotional informative reflective sad tense 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
adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
dark reflective slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

Personal Rating: 5 stars
challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced