#it simply is not giving oxford in 1836. (these girls are in trousers and no one bats an eye lmao. is this just gonna be a thing??)
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gonna have to drag myself back to reading babel at some point because i spent twenty god given pounds on it!!! in a cost of living crisis! i will make myself like this book if it kills me
#i know i've spoken abt it before but this is the first experience i've ever had of disliking a book that everyone else on here raves about#and it's a really weird feeling like am i simply not seeing something#like. it should have everything!#1830s ✔ morally torn protag ✔ oxford setting ✔#nice slick language based magic system ✔ unflinching exploration of the horror of colonialism through aforementioned language magic ✔#and exploring how language can be used as a conduit for empire is such a good angle. and how the babel students are just exploited for this#but i have 0 emotional investment bc the whole story is just tell not show and characters just feel like props with dialogue from 2023#it simply is not giving oxford in 1836. (these girls are in trousers and no one bats an eye lmao. is this just gonna be a thing??)#constant footnotes that just interrupt the flow and seem to treat readers as just. stupid. like you do not need to hold my hand i can read#and the worst thing is some ppl on here will take any crit of this book in the worst possible faith like my guy. sir.#frustrating bc i expected it to be so good and i really want books like this that don't shy away from the british empire and colonisation#and it had been SO hyped and advertised and the main premise goes so hard it just feels. ugh
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