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A review by pammm_
Babel by R.F. Kuang
dark
emotional
sad
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
is hugging the book after reading it is already a valid review?
good Lord, i finished it this morning and honestly... idk. stared at the ceiling and can't put my thoughts together for nearly half an hour. tho, it felt there's more to the story that needed uncovering.
nevertheless, i'm feeling devastated, angry, frustrated, and sad when i finished it. this can be a dense read, it made me realize of things such as being contended, being hungry for more, how much a person can do for such things.
at first, i'm feeling overwhelmed because there are lots of words i'm not familiar so i have to keep a dictionary beside me. and to mention, this is the first time i interacted with books again — in which i mean is i'm annotating, i'm looking for words, reaching out to google translate, and the footnotes? i love them!!
i personally think this book is slow-paced. it gets really boring in the middle of the book but i do think that the pace of it is meant to be like that so readers can fully absorb what they're reading. or i would suggest to grab a thin book to read along with babel so that you don't get overwhelmed. i personally don't like reading 2 books at the same time. i just thought of this incase u don't want to start this book bc of the overwhelming feeling, this trick might work ;)
anyway, society... how cruel and sad and devastating :( i really wish right now that i can read this book again for the first time.
translators deserves so much more than this cruel society. i hate the fact that i keep thinking what was his real name... i keep thinking why the characters have to experience such things...
good Lord, i finished it this morning and honestly... idk. stared at the ceiling and can't put my thoughts together for nearly half an hour. tho, it felt there's more to the story that needed uncovering.
nevertheless, i'm feeling devastated, angry, frustrated, and sad when i finished it. this can be a dense read, it made me realize of things such as being contended, being hungry for more, how much a person can do for such things.
at first, i'm feeling overwhelmed because there are lots of words i'm not familiar so i have to keep a dictionary beside me. and to mention, this is the first time i interacted with books again — in which i mean is i'm annotating, i'm looking for words, reaching out to google translate, and the footnotes? i love them!!
i personally think this book is slow-paced. it gets really boring in the middle of the book but i do think that the pace of it is meant to be like that so readers can fully absorb what they're reading. or i would suggest to grab a thin book to read along with babel so that you don't get overwhelmed. i personally don't like reading 2 books at the same time. i just thought of this incase u don't want to start this book bc of the overwhelming feeling, this trick might work ;)
anyway, society... how cruel and sad and devastating :( i really wish right now that i can read this book again for the first time.
translators deserves so much more than this cruel society. i hate the fact that i keep thinking what was his real name... i keep thinking why the characters have to experience such things...
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Drug use, Racism, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Colonisation, and War