63.1k reviews for:

Babel

R.F. Kuang

4.34 AVERAGE

hanny_onglai's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging dark mysterious 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

al777's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad 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: Yes

kate9349's review against another edition

4.0

dark

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

andieanderson's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional inspiring mysterious tense 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: Yes

sejofredo's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

surachael's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional 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

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I don’t always love R. F. Kuang, but I loved this. She is so perfectly suited to write this.

kmac6's review against another edition

4.5

challenging dark mysterious slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

umast's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous emotional informative reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

caffeinatedbigbooks's review against another edition

5.0

challenging emotional reflective 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: Complicated

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We need to read hard things. 

elapach24's review against another edition

3.25

informative 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: Complicated

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¿A eso llaman un final? se siente como si la escritora no hubiese sabido qué hacer con todo lo que creó y se deshizo de la mitad del todo sin más.
en general el libro me conmovió, pero se sintió muy masticado, las innumerables notas a pie de página y el hecho de que se sintiera un resumen de una trilogía o así en vez de un libro a profundidad hizo de la experiencia algo meh.
y no sé, que justo la única persona blanca anticolonialista de la historia fuera una mujer muy thatcher coded no es precisamente de mi satisfacción