Reviews tagging 'Racism'

Babel by R.F. Kuang

2499 reviews

jupitermond's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Xenophobia, Colonisation

Moderate: Sexism, Murder, War, Classism

Minor: Child death, Death of parent

mpeach's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Racism, Slavery, Suicide, Violence, Grief, Cultural appropriation, Toxic friendship, Colonisation, War, Classism

Moderate: Death, Drug use, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Blood, Death of parent

gladosisreading's review against another edition

4.5

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative mysterious reflective sad 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: Complicated

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A gripping book that's held together by how much you fall in love with the characters and find yourself rooting for them, even against all odds. Tightly plotted, very clever, and a brilliant exploration of the exploitation British society is built on. It was a magical, horrific, wonderful world to step into - but the characters, their development, and complexities were definitely the strong point.

I only rated 4 stars instead of 5 as I found the overall pacing slightly off in places, but definitely appreciate this could be personal preference!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Hate crime, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Suicide, Violence, Grief, Colonisation, War

mishabow's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts

happilyeveralli's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional mysterious reflective tense slow-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: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Violence, Murder, Colonisation

Moderate: Sexual assault, Death of parent

corvus_ace's review against another edition

5.0

challenging 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: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Grief, Colonisation, Classism

eemmpp's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark emotional inspiring sad medium-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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Murder, Classism

imlfox's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious 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: Racism, Cultural appropriation, Colonisation, Classism

Moderate: Drug use, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Sexism, Slavery

leof55's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous challenging mysterious tense medium-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: N/A

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Racism, Violence

georgiataylor's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging dark informative sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Clever concept and plot but a bit heavy handed

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Racial slurs, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Suicide attempt