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A review by slowreaderpeter
Blood Over Bright Haven by M.L. Wang
adventurous
challenging
emotional
informative
sad
fast-paced
5.0
When I first started seeing reviews for Blood Over Bright Haven, everyone kept referring to it, more or less, as feminine rage distilled. And while that’s certainly an important part of this book, it wasn’t the biggest thing I took away from this story.
To me, this story is really about the use of religion as a mechanism of control by an imperialist state. Both over those it has conquered and those it purports to serve and protect. Further, it is really about acknowledging that the struggles we face are ones that affect us all. Capitalism doesn’t just target one group here or one group there, neither does racism or imperialism. The same measures of control that are used against the Caldonnae are the same ones used against the working class Tiranish and the Tiranishwoman.
This book was brilliant. At times it was a little blunt, lacking any subtlety in delivering its message. But that is really what is needed in this day. And Wang’s writing excellent in delivering on these themes and this message. This almost caused me to drop my rating to 4.75, but ultimately I just enjoyed the whole experience and tore through this book so quick, I couldn’t help give it 5 stars.
To me, this story is really about the use of religion as a mechanism of control by an imperialist state. Both over those it has conquered and those it purports to serve and protect. Further, it is really about acknowledging that the struggles we face are ones that affect us all. Capitalism doesn’t just target one group here or one group there, neither does racism or imperialism. The same measures of control that are used against the Caldonnae are the same ones used against the working class Tiranish and the Tiranishwoman.
This book was brilliant. At times it was a little blunt, lacking any subtlety in delivering its message. But that is really what is needed in this day. And Wang’s writing excellent in delivering on these themes and this message. This almost caused me to drop my rating to 4.75, but ultimately I just enjoyed the whole experience and tore through this book so quick, I couldn’t help give it 5 stars.