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Babel by R.F. Kuang
4.0

"They're not your motherlands," said Letty. "They don't have to be."

This book was fabulous. The first half is interesting and whimsical following a student and his friends. But it turns into this fight for pride, reckoning, and sacrifice. The last couple chapters were quite beautiful.

I'm giving it four stars because I felt a loss of interest through the middle and some of the writing was a bit unnecessary. But I truly enjoyed it.