hao_ming_zi 's review for:

Saints by Gene Luen Yang

5.0

dark emotional informative sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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God! This whole series beautifully (and horrifically) shows how events are connected and how ideas breed violence and that "violent" revolutions are in no way comparable on any scale to the oppression of class struggle and the abusive, manipulative evangelicals who promote their religion to save "the lessers" just like capitalism and fascism suggest they do too. Especially when the US uses free market politics and the pursuit of saving third world countries from "terrorists" and "rebels" in an attempt to further those who have the most money and resources by building infrastructure and literally constructing the society to best serve capitalist interest all the while subverting the narrative to cater to the so called saviors aka western countries.