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A review by karessa_proctor
Babel by R.F. Kuang
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
“They were men at Oxford. They were not Oxford men”
- This might be one of the best books that I have ever read. I feel like a different person having had finished it.
- If you are a person of color with advanced degrees and you have had the experience of feeling like “the only one in the room” this book will make you feel seen. This book will also force you to question yourself because at one point I related to all of our main characters of color. I had to think about if that was a good thing or a bad thing.
- “He resented how it treated him but he still wanted to be a part of it” crushed me.
- I enjoyed that the magic system in this book felt almost real or at least like a possibility.
- You can tell that the author put her entire heart and soul into this novel. It was so well written and well researched that I was impressed by that alone.
- I loved this book but it also broke my heart.
“English did not just borrow words from other languages; it was stuffed to the brim with foreign influences, a Frankenstein vernacular.
And Robin found it incredible, how this country, whose citizens prided themselves so much on being better than the rest of the world, could not make it through an afternoon tea without borrowed goods.”
- This might be one of the best books that I have ever read. I feel like a different person having had finished it.
- If you are a person of color with advanced degrees and you have had the experience of feeling like “the only one in the room” this book will make you feel seen. This book will also force you to question yourself because at one point I related to all of our main characters of color. I had to think about if that was a good thing or a bad thing.
- “He resented how it treated him but he still wanted to be a part of it” crushed me.
- I enjoyed that the magic system in this book felt almost real or at least like a possibility.
- You can tell that the author put her entire heart and soul into this novel. It was so well written and well researched that I was impressed by that alone.
- I loved this book but it also broke my heart.
“English did not just borrow words from other languages; it was stuffed to the brim with foreign influences, a Frankenstein vernacular.
And Robin found it incredible, how this country, whose citizens prided themselves so much on being better than the rest of the world, could not make it through an afternoon tea without borrowed goods.”