Review by kangarooya - Babel

kangarooya 's review for:

Babel by R.F. Kuang

4.25

adventurous emotional reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

I both loved this book and there were so many things that made me angry

I wanted so bad for Letty to not betray them. From the first moment that Letty found out about Hermes, I felt like she would eventually turn on them and no matter how realistic her portrayal to like, a white woman in 1830, it still made me angry. I think maybe that was deeply intentional, for it to feel not surprising and still upsetting at the same time. I think tho, the reason this wasn’t five stars for me is that I just wanted MORE out of the ending. I don’t think Victorie’s ending was bad per say (tho, I also think Victoire was mistaken that Letty would hunt her. I didn’t get that impression from their last conversation). I liked that Victoire and Robin had these divergent views about the future and about revolution, but I think it just felt like there was this lingering feeling that the ending was unfinished that irked me.

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