A review by dana_naylor
Babel by R.F. Kuang

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

Absolutely amazing.
I loved the etymology notes and the discussions on translation. Found the academic work absolutely fascinating.

I can see rereading this.

Books I - IV were fine for me (although some parts were rough), but Book V absolutely wrecked me. Catharsis in the true meaning of the word.