Horace Bear’s Reviews > Babel > Status Update

I loved RF Kuang’s Yellowface and was looking forward to trying more of her writing. As a lover of all languages, Babel seemed a good place to start but over a quarter of a way in and it’s just not doing it for me. The initial characterisation is interesting, the way Professor Lovell treats his two illegitimate boys by giving them an education but no love is so sad. Robin, the main protagonist is a keen learner and