Post#1714 » by DOT » Wed Apr 24, 2024 7:49 pm
I started getting back into reading recently, with Babel, or the Necessity of Violence by R.F. Kuang
I think she's one of my writers I'm gonna keep an eye on, cause I liked The Poppy War trilogy but felt it wasn't as good as it could've been, but then I just now found out she's 27 meaning she was 21, 22 when the first book was published so I give her a bit more leeway there
But I really like Babel so far even though I can tell there's a lot more to unravel in the narrative. Honestly, low key, I think it shares quite a bit with Name of the Wind in the sense the magic system is about language and the story centers around a young man in magic college who's not the same race as everyone else and faces discrimination for it, but I'm optimistic Babel will do it better
But like I said, still a ways to go to finish it, it could end up tripping at the finish line like I feel The Poppy War did.
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