tophat8855 's review for:

Babel by R.F. Kuang

4.0

dark mysterious 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: No

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Very good. I know it’s compared to The Secret History, but I think it’s much better. Also touched on how wore women still show more solidarity with their race because of the inherent privilege than with other oppressed people. Also loved the magic system and linguistics. The audiobook had alternate readers for the explanation sections of the book.