nonatibynature 's review for:

Babel by R.F. Kuang

5.0

adventurous dark emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I’m cryyying.This felt so current despite the historical context. Beautiful writing and such thorough research to make it all the more encompassing. Usually I avoid fiction considered heavily grounded in reality as I like the escape, but I found Babel to be the perfect blend. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug use, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Slavery, Suicide, Xenophobia, Blood, Murder, Colonisation, War