R.F. Kuang's Babel: Spoiler-Free & Spoiler Book Review // Dig It Or Bury It? // Diggerdan Reads

On this episode I discuss my thoughts on Babel written by R.F. Kuang. "1828. Robin Swift, orphaned by cholera in Canton, is brought to London by the mysterious Professor Lovell. There, he trains for years in Latin, Ancient Greek, and Chinese, all in preparation for the day he’ll enroll in Oxford University’s prestigious Royal Institute of Translation-also known as Babel. The tower and its students are the world's center for translation and, more importantly, magic. Silver-working-the art of manifesting the meaning lost in translation using enchanted silver bars-has made the British unparalleled in power, as the arcane craft serves the Empire's quest for colonization.
For Robin, Oxford is a utopia dedicated to the pursuit of knowledge. But knowledge obeys power, and as a Chinese boy raised in Britain, Robin realizes serving Babel means betraying his motherland. As his studies progress, Robin finds himself caught between Babel and the shadowy Hermes Society, an organization dedicated to stopping imperial expansion. When Britain pursues an unjust war with China over silver and opium, Robin must decide."
0:00 Intro
0:09 Overview
2:16 Overall Rating
8:28 Emotional Impact
13:06 Characters
18:26 Plot
21:40 Dialogue & Prose
24:15 World Building
27:12 Closing
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You'd think this book was hypnotic, the way everyone is talking about it. Yet another book TBR… I'm sure this is a great review, but I only watched spoiler-free.
Excited to see you do Mistborn, if you do get to it!

[@DiggerdanReads]

Well thanks for watching as long as you did! I'm excited to get to Mistborn too, but the way my March is going, I might not get to it until April.