A review by kaceyyy
Babel by R.F. Kuang

3.5

Overall, this was super enjoyable and I loved the vibes. The plot was good, and it never went too slowly, which i appreciated.

I liked the elements on translation, and honestly the ending was pretty good too, but some errors with interpreting decolonial literature annoyed me a little, and the footnotes were sometimes quite distracting from what was actually going on (I feel like they should always be added sparingly or for reference).

But also, I do feel like some of the characters were a little half baked, and that naturally can happen when you have such a big cast of characters, and I feel like it would’ve hugely improved the book.