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Babel: An Arcane History by R.F. Kuang
adventurous
emotional
inspiring
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
The world within this book is one in which languages are used with silver bars to run most of England. The bars can control anything from a building’s architectural stability to the health of the citizens. The most important thing needed to make this process work is people who speak other languages, but not just know words, but understand the other languages. So Babel, the college that controls this whole process, finds smart children in other countries and raises them to remember their home language but also have a very upper class English life. This sculpts those kids into the perfect students for the school and perfect workers for Babel. But what happens when those kids learn about the injustices that England is putting the rest of the world through?
Moderate: Misogyny, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, Violence, Racism, Religious bigotry, Classism, Colonisation, Gaslighting, Grief, Gun violence, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Child abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Death, and Murder