A review by natesfairytale
Babel by R.F. Kuang

adventurous emotional inspiring mysterious sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

 First, this is the second book of R.F. Kuang I attempted to read. The first one being Yellowface. And as much as I love her stories, I struggle so much with her writing style. I don’t know what it is about it, I just struggle to read her books. I had to stop reading Yellowface. But I forced myself to finish Babel because I wanted to know what happened next. 

Now for the positive part, I loved the story. It touches to so many subjects, it was very interesting. Also, some stuff about the translation were genius.

Like, Victoire name? I won’t say much about it, because it concerns the ending, but I gasped at my book when I realised.

It’s a three star read for me. I would recommend the book to people who like long descriptions and slow pace because there were, definitely, moments that were very slow. And again, the story is really good and I’m glad I finished it.