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gabburrit0 's review for:
Blood Over Bright Haven
by M.L. Wang
i love when exposing corruption stories are done right
this story and Babel are cut from the same cloth in terms of theme (exposing corruption, racism, xenophobia, etc) but I think where this story lacked a bit for me was the confrontation scenes and the info dumping.
It felt good to read about going up against powerful people and putting them in their place but it also felt almost too cathartic? very much like a "i thought of a fantastic one-liner after the moment happened" type of scenes and although I really enjoyed it, I feel like for how much this books was grounded in reality, it should've shown more people trying to cut ziona off in her justice speeches cause these men that she was going up against would never have let her go on for as long as she did
other than that, God, what a fantastic story. perfect pacing, character arcs, believable politics, worldbuilding, action, and so much more. quite literally would've been giving this book a 5 star if not for the scenes that I mentioned above because this story wasn't just fiction but a mirror to what our world is currently turning into and it didn't really shy away from how twisted people in power's logic is
this story and Babel are cut from the same cloth in terms of theme (exposing corruption, racism, xenophobia, etc) but I think where this story lacked a bit for me was the confrontation scenes and the info dumping.
It felt good to read about going up against powerful people and putting them in their place but it also felt almost too cathartic? very much like a "i thought of a fantastic one-liner after the moment happened" type of scenes and although I really enjoyed it, I feel like for how much this books was grounded in reality, it should've shown more people trying to cut ziona off in her justice speeches cause these men that she was going up against would never have let her go on for as long as she did
other than that, God, what a fantastic story. perfect pacing, character arcs, believable politics, worldbuilding, action, and so much more. quite literally would've been giving this book a 5 star if not for the scenes that I mentioned above because this story wasn't just fiction but a mirror to what our world is currently turning into and it didn't really shy away from how twisted people in power's logic is
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Sexual assault, Violence, Xenophobia, Religious bigotry, Murder, Sexual harassment, War