Babel, or The Necessity of Violence

really enjoyed throughout the whole 550-page affair (and that's saying something because i cannot concentrate!!). refreshing pov on the dark academia genre, and a nice gateway read for someone who needs a crash course on colonialism 101. sometimes a bit heavy handed on the ragebait (the explanatory footnotes often read like a buzzfeed listicle—‘These 10 Outrageously Racist Things 19th Century Britain Has Done Will Have You Reeling!' and letty as a character was at times such a caricature of White Woman that it took me out) but I'm glad books like this exist. especially nowadays.