Anne L’s Reviews > Babel > Status Update

yes I’m aware this is the longest a book has taken me to finish in YEARS but man it’s worth it

I think it’s *very* interesting that the things people criticize RF Kuang for (ie her positionality, her academic status, etc) are the exact things she calls out in this book as being the morally-grey/duplicitious areas of academia

genuinely how do you write a book this layered with political messaging yet still incorporate fantastical elements without it feeling overbearing/dense

yes I am still reading this book and it is brilliant but life (and library loans) keeps getting in the way of me reading this faster