Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Babel by R.F. Kuang

434 reviews

nialiversuch's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Addiction, Alcoholism, Suicidal thoughts, Child abuse, Suicide, Violence, Bullying, Confinement, Misogyny, Alcohol, Blood, Body horror, Classism, Colonisation, Cultural appropriation, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Slavery, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, War, and Xenophobia

norcana's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Cultural appropriation, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Misogyny, Xenophobia, Toxic friendship, Murder, Racial slurs, Blood, Classism, Colonisation, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Racism, Religious bigotry, War, Violence, Torture, and Slavery

Moderate: Bullying and Addiction

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

sharrikloves's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad tense slow-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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Xenophobia, Racial slurs, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Genocide, Classism, Violence, Toxic friendship, Torture, Suicidal thoughts, Panic attacks/disorders, Misogyny, Murder, Slavery, Racism, Religious bigotry, Physical abuse, Grief, Gore, Gaslighting, Cultural appropriation, and Colonisation

Moderate: Car accident, Ableism, Sexual harassment, Vomit, Medical content, Suicidal thoughts, Religious bigotry, Drug use, Death, Child death, Emotional abuse, and Death of parent

This is an important read, but will be extremely triggering for AAPI + BIPOC readers.

thesupermassive's review against another edition

challenging dark informative tense

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.75

is it too dramatic if i call it a modern les mis

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Colonisation, Xenophobia, Slavery, Gun violence, and Death of parent

Moderate: War, Gaslighting, and Misogyny

kendal_reads's review against another edition

dark informative mysterious reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Grief, Suicidal thoughts, and Colonisation

Moderate: Death of parent and Child abuse

lizard800's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense slow-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? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Racial slurs, Death of parent, Xenophobia, Colonisation, and Racism

Moderate: Slavery, Sexual assault, and Death

slinders's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Classism, Colonisation, Murder, Xenophobia, Death, Death of parent, Cultural appropriation, Racism, Racial slurs, and Violence

Moderate: Bullying, Cursing, Deportation, Hate crime, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, Genocide, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Bullying, Child abuse, Torture, and Abandonment

purplenoodlepie's review against another edition

Boring, unnecessarily long winded. Had high hopes of being caught up in a new world of magic at school. Was not the case. 

Underlying message is good. Does not live up to the hype. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Xenophobia, Racial slurs, Slavery, Racism, Death of parent, and Colonisation

naomiysl's review against another edition

Too arcane. I know arcane is literally in the subtitle, but this was just too melancholy for my current mood. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Death of parent, Islamophobia, Xenophobia, and Racism

speterson47's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.75

Robin is taken from his home after the rest of his family passes away, and whisked into a world that is unfamiliar other than what he has read in books. The dream of becoming a translator at Oxford is dangled in front of him as a carrot to follow the expectations of his 'sponsor' Professor Lovell. Once he has arrived at school Robin is quickly drawn into a secret society that opposes what they are doing in the translation tower of Babel at Oxford. What will Robin decide to do?

While this story is largely based on the fact that 'magic' can be performed with the use of silver bars and language, it did feel secondary to the characters and plot, so even non-fantasy lovers would probably enjoy this one. A very interesting commentary on language and power as well! While it is long the pace did not at all feel slow.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Death of parent

Moderate: Suicide

Minor: Gun violence and Violence