A review by jotee76
Babel by R.F. Kuang

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

I found this book a bit of a chore to get through, possibly because I read it as an audiobook. I feel that there was a lot of time where nothing was happening.  However,  the subject matter was interesting and offered a fascinating commentary on colonialism,  race, feminism, capitalism and much more. I'm not sure alternative reality fiction is really my thing. I know the author in the preface explained how history had been altered for the book, but this left me wondering what was fact and what was fiction at times. The silver bar thing I just found odd and a bit Harry Potterish. 
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