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Have you read Babel by R.F. Kuang? Did you like it? (lemmy.zip)
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I'm trying to find any redeemable qualities that make me feel better for the time I spent reading it. I could have put it down, but the raving reviews made me think that it would get better.

It didn't.

I loathed it. With passion.

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[โ€“] eldavi@lemmy.ml 6 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I loathed it. With passion.

did you loath it while you were reading it?

[โ€“] howler@lemmy.zip 3 points 6 days ago

Yes but as I mentioned in the post, I kept expecting it to improve, as the reviews said. Being honest, I didn't dislike the very end, but the rest...