A review by cbressler80
Blood Over Bright Haven by M.L. Wang

challenging dark emotional medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

I found this book difficult to rate but I think I have landed on a 4. Was this book well written for the most part? Yes. Were there difficult themes going on throughout that parallel with today’s world? Yes. Was this a difficult read emotionally? Yes.  Did I cry? No.  This however is probably one of the first times I needed to take emotional breaks from what I was reading because the evil in it for myself was hard to take. My criticisms of this book more have to do with the ending.  To take a book that deals which such a HUGE moral issue and then not have some type of epilogue was difficult for me. I also had a pretty descent idea of what was coming so when it happened it didn’t have the emotional punch maybe it should have had. I also ended it still feeling very hopeless.  It’s possible that that was the intention of the author, to leave you that unsettled so you would think about this in a way such as what would I do if I was living in this world? Overall I am glad I read this book but it’s going to be like some other books I have read where I’m glad I read it but I never want to read it again.
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