I read Yellowface and Babel from R F Kuang, I thought yellow face was a nice easy read, but babel was not for me. The characters were bland and one dimensional, there was no character development (this was kind of my bad for creating expectations beforehand). I liked the social critique, but it was too on the nose for me, nothing left to the imagination, everything was explained in so much detail... Buuuut I bought the special edition of Katabasis because it was so beautiful! How does Katabasis compare to Babel? This time I won't go to the book with as much expectations, but I would still like to know your opinion :)

I read Yellowface and Babel from R F Kuang, I thought yellow face was a nice easy read, but babel was not for me. The characters were bland and one dimensional, there was no character development (this was kind of my bad for creating expectations beforehand). I liked the social critique, but it was too on the nose for me, nothing left to the imagination, everything was explained in so much detail... Buuuut I bought the special edition of Katabasis because it was so beautiful! How does Katabasis compare to Babel? This time I won't go to the book with as much expectations, but I would still like to know your opinion :)