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A review by charleewalton
Blood Over Bright Haven by M.L. Wang
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Here's my spewed thoughts in my notes app:
A real insight into the injustices women face on a day to day basis. Most relevant. Most relatable to me.
Importance of female friendships and female family members and how close a bond you form. That you can't with a male figure. How they build you up with love rather than expectations.
Started with them fleeing to safety in tiran and ended with them fleeing to safety from tiran.
So reflective of the age we live and how people are segregated so men in power can continue to be powerful by using and killing the minority communities. How they're seen as inhuman and nothing. Their lives are worthless so they don't feel so bad about what they do. Killing and hurting innocent people to stay at the top. It's literally what happens.
Saying women are hysterical and have to follow the men above them and the menal in their lives. And even when they say they're doing things for us, to help us succeed, it's only for their own gain and their own ego. We must be compliant and quiet and demure and never become powerful. But that's not us.
And explaining that all of the negative emotions we feel aren't wrong, they don't make us weak. If we wallow and allow those feelings to define us they will. Or we can think of those feelings as energy and allow them to be used for good and propel us foward.
Had a huge impact on me and genuinely think it will change the way I act day to day and how I view the world. It proves that one person really can change the world.
I will probably think about this book for the rest of my life.
A real insight into the injustices women face on a day to day basis. Most relevant. Most relatable to me.
Importance of female friendships and female family members and how close a bond you form. That you can't with a male figure. How they build you up with love rather than expectations.
Started with them fleeing to safety in tiran and ended with them fleeing to safety from tiran.
So reflective of the age we live and how people are segregated so men in power can continue to be powerful by using and killing the minority communities. How they're seen as inhuman and nothing. Their lives are worthless so they don't feel so bad about what they do. Killing and hurting innocent people to stay at the top. It's literally what happens.
Saying women are hysterical and have to follow the men above them and the menal in their lives. And even when they say they're doing things for us, to help us succeed, it's only for their own gain and their own ego. We must be compliant and quiet and demure and never become powerful. But that's not us.
And explaining that all of the negative emotions we feel aren't wrong, they don't make us weak. If we wallow and allow those feelings to define us they will. Or we can think of those feelings as energy and allow them to be used for good and propel us foward.
Had a huge impact on me and genuinely think it will change the way I act day to day and how I view the world. It proves that one person really can change the world.
I will probably think about this book for the rest of my life.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Genocide, Misogyny, Sexism, Murder, and Classism
Moderate: Death, Hate crime, Infertility, Racism, Xenophobia, Blood, Grief, and Sexual harassment
Minor: Child death, Death, Gun violence, Death of parent, and Classism