oh god babel. an ideology affirming morality play but for anti-imperialism by means of violent revolution. which hurts because the idea of "surprise, you have a secret older brother because your abusive dad has done this all before." is so juicy, and yet there's so little meat on the bone. i remember when the tired betrayal of the one white girl of the friend group happens i felt nothing because in that moment she was so clearly a cardboard standee and not a person. book so concerned with being right it fails to concern itself with being interesting.
"surprise, you have a secret older brother because your abusive dad has done this all before" <- oh my god when you put it THAT way. that's so pontentially cool









