I mind a lot.)) I don't mind a little anachronism, I don't mind commoner food is being presented fancy cocktail parties as a delicacy because that's the experience of the author.īut when the mind chafes that the premise has gaping holes, everything starts to collapse, and Babel is one of those novels. The question " but why?" keeps rising while reading the book, and the only answer is to stuff it back down with your internal voice saying don't worry about it, its fiction.Īnd the changes work fine with the little stuff, I don't mind when oxford is bigger and has a new college, I don't even mind that this new place is super powerful and a world player(well that's not true, I mind a little bit(that's not true either. My brain starts braying that the effects on history because your one change has further complications, especially when we're talking about colonialist, global trade policy. Most of my problems with this book will ultimately come down to taste, I really like reading historical fiction, I really like historical fantasy, I love reading books about and set in the 18th and 19th century, both colonialist fiction and anti-colonialist fiction where babel belongs.īut I have a problem, and that problem is alt-history. This review will contain minor plot spoilers. Babel by R.F Kuang spoiler review - alt history strains credibility.
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