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challenging
dark
informative
slow-paced
Babel is an absolutely amazing feat! It did, however, take me so long to read and often left me feeling slogged in the first two thirds. I recognize my brain was probably just not up to the task of another dense dark-academia after reading poppy war, secret history & blood over bh. This one seemed to require more bandwidth (not a negative).
This was not without fault, and yet I highlighted SO MANY pages where she captured so perfectly the tension between recognizing reality while knowing better. Also huge props to her for the sheer amount of research that had to go into even every footnote.
Overall, the most honest book I’ve found on scrutinizing our relationships with imperialism, capitalism, xenophobia etc, but less of a fantasy book with magic than I had anticipated lol. If you like words and hate colonialism, you’ll love it.
This was not without fault, and yet I highlighted SO MANY pages where she captured so perfectly the tension between recognizing reality while knowing better. Also huge props to her for the sheer amount of research that had to go into even every footnote.
Overall, the most honest book I’ve found on scrutinizing our relationships with imperialism, capitalism, xenophobia etc, but less of a fantasy book with magic than I had anticipated lol. If you like words and hate colonialism, you’ll love it.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child abuse, Sexism, Xenophobia, Murder