BABEL by rf kuang is so terrible and overhyped and i will never shut up about it. terrible historical immersion, author clearly LOVES some characters and hates others and it flattens them both completely, wants to be jonathan strange and mr norrell so bad… terrible pacing complete shitshow of an ending and wears its decolonial messaging on its sleeve while simultaneously being amazingly classist. makes a big show of historical setting while also getting tons of the facts just plain wrong and just reads as a boring, inaccurate essay more than a piece of fiction. it truly has everything !
god I wish i could contribute more than like a. say that!!!! but I havent read it and now i never will!











