A review by ljtidwell
Babel by R.F. Kuang

Did not finish book. Stopped at 60%.
This book explores the downfalls of imperialism in history with a fantastical twist. It started fairly neutral and tried to see both sides of the history. However, it started to appear that it was leading down a path to blaming a complicated history on white man's racism, free trade, and the closed mindedness of Christianity. In the end of my reading a child murders their parent and it appeared that it was semi-justifiable given the circumstances. I wasn't willing to stick around to see if it was going to continue to blame Western values. It's a complicated history between two very different cultures that are pretty much obsolete today, due to modernity and a constantly changing world. I don't think we can give blame to the societal mistakes of the past, just learn from them and strive not to repeat it.
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