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A review by chimericsoul
Blood Over Bright Haven by M.L. Wang
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
This had a lot of social/cultural/colonialism, war, patriarchy etc type themes. It fully used the fantasy/sci-fi genres scope to lay everything out for you to engage with in whatever way is usual for you.
Personally I didn’t need that because I’m already there. It wasn’t cathartic and I’m glad I didn’t buy this.
These works are more for people on the fence, oblivious, or the in group. They are important. But children of immigrants, outsiders, othered etc will find this just traces familiar constellations mapping out the path of what happened before leading to where we are now and asks us if we can ever evolve or heal.
Protag could be autistic or improperly socialised/attachment issues… Their actions could be exemplary or typified.
At the end of revolution a new paradigm must pop up in its place. There wasn’t any satisfying new ground to speculate beyond what we all have already known and experienced. But there was some hope, at least. I would have liked there to be a push beyond that. It’s all very ambiguous.
Perhaps, the author themselves was grappling with the synthesis of all of this and may explore further in future works. Examining the aunt and cousin in later part of this book, society in aftermath of such events. These are what could be expounded upon.
Personally I didn’t need that because I’m already there. It wasn’t cathartic and I’m glad I didn’t buy this.
These works are more for people on the fence, oblivious, or the in group. They are important. But children of immigrants, outsiders, othered etc will find this just traces familiar constellations mapping out the path of what happened before leading to where we are now and asks us if we can ever evolve or heal.
Protag could be autistic or improperly socialised/attachment issues… Their actions could be exemplary or typified.
At the end of revolution a new paradigm must pop up in its place. There wasn’t any satisfying new ground to speculate beyond what we all have already known and experienced. But there was some hope, at least. I would have liked there to be a push beyond that. It’s all very ambiguous.
Perhaps, the author themselves was grappling with the synthesis of all of this and may explore further in future works. Examining the aunt and cousin in later part of this book, society in aftermath of such events. These are what could be expounded upon.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Slavery, Violence, Vomit, and Suicide attempt