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A review by antiquekeks
Babel by R.F. Kuang

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

A linguistic masterpiece, the writing style is absolutely outstanding. It conveys the feeling the characters have in the course of the story itself extremely well - as a result it has lengths at times and is very theoretical/academic, but the characters in the situation feel the same way. Especially as a white person, I learned a lot about the colonial era and racism that no history book or documentary could really convey to me. The book is extremely interesting, shocking, instructive and exciting. A must-read for any intellectually and linguistically interested reader.
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