Sam’s Reviews > Babel > Status Update

Does anyone notice the opening to this is incredibly similiar to The Poppy Wars? A dramatically ostracized orphan dedicates their life going to the school for only The Smartest Kids and then just gets in after brief ecposition? Worse bc the setting is flat; Kuangs been to Oxford, so why bother fleshing it out for those who haven't? Hope it improves, as Kuang possesses a unique ability of perspective in many things.