hopeless_ash 's review for:

Babel by R.F. Kuang

5.0

challenging dark emotional informative 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: Yes

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I have owned this book for a bit, but admittedly put off reading it due to being nervous it would not live up to the massive expectations that I had set for me by how I heard people talk about it. I was dead wrong. One of the best books I’ve ever read. Could not recommend enough.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Xenophobia, Grief, Colonisation, War, Classism

Moderate: Bullying, Death, Slavery, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Addiction, Drug use