Claire’s Reviews > Babel > Status Update

forgot to log this when I finished. don't know how I feel abt those poor students having to martyr themselves at the end.

robin is so bohemian rhapsody (mama just killed a man put a gun against his head pulled my trigger now he's dead mama life had just begun but now I've gone and thrown it all away)

GRIFFIN NOOOOOOO

singapore got one mention in the book about the british colonial empire in the 1800s. we cheer

I NEED to stop skipping pages before reading the one im on WTFFF

have a feeling the original draft included way more implications of ramy/robin but rfk didn't want readers to over focus on the gay romance instead of the anticolonical message

ah yes obligatory "friends conspire to cover up a murder" in every dark academia book

everything abt his relationship with his father pains me.... him calling him Father which pissed him off sm right before he died... calling him 爹... griffin come back i need uuuuuu u gotta hear abt ts man

this book feels like rf kuang's thesis statement (the Necessity of Violence). must be nice to not have to cite sources

the canton chapter is v sad. opium war is going to break out isn't it. I vaguely rmb this from my hp symposium project and prisch social studies

- i loved ramy's chapter always a sucker for the charming performer archetype
- still not convinced griffin actl killed evie considering his lack of skill w silverwork
- is griffin like the sole leader of hermes and it's actl much smaller than you'd expect
- finally romantic drama in the fg... i need more pls (is ramy gay??)
- diverse 1820s friend group problems

So what I'm hearing is that being bilingual in this universe gives you superpowers #MAJULAHSINGAPURA

i accidentally flipped near the end and saw Anthony faked his death but expected so he's def with the resistance right.... and probably victoire knows also? my guess is one of the profs also involved maybe craft or playfair

WHY DID GOODREADS CHANGE ITS LOGO HELLO??? WTF IS THAT

- this is already so much better than yellowface. I don't think I've felt this kind of feeling since percy jackson in p3
- in the introduction I can feel rf kuang being actively stressed about historical accuracy. the research done is actually insane
- rip george orwell you would've loved babel