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Tak!

Tak@reading.taks.garden

Joined 2 years, 6 months ago

I like to read

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Katie Steckles, Sam Hartburn, Ben Sparks: Maths: 100 Ideas in 100 Words (2023, Dorling Kindersley Publishing, Incorporated) No rating

One of the first titles in a cutting-edge new series created in partnership with The …

R.F. Kuang: Babel (2022, Harper Voyager) 4 stars

Traduttore, traditore: An act of translation is always an act of betrayal. 1828. Robin Swift, …

Babel

5 stars

Content warning I don't think I can review this without some vague spoilers

R.F. Kuang: Babel (2022, Harper Voyager) 4 stars

Traduttore, traditore: An act of translation is always an act of betrayal. 1828. Robin Swift, …

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3.5 stars

3 stars

Overall I found this to be a good book. It's a decent debut. I think I expected it to have a little more of a creepy factor to it, and in reality I didn't find it to be creepy at all.

I struggled a bit during the ballet sections because I'm not familiar with the terms and had to keep stopping to get an idea of what was being described. I'm sure for those that have done ballet or are familiar with it, those sections will likely be more enjoyable. The cutthroat nature of professional ballet I felt was appropriately handled, but again I've never been into ballet at all, so I could be completely wrong haha.

The description makes it clear that this is a slow burn, but it was verrrry sloooow through a good chunk of it. It started to drag a little too much in the middle …

R.F. Kuang: Babel (2022, Harper Voyager) 4 stars

Traduttore, traditore: An act of translation is always an act of betrayal. 1828. Robin Swift, …