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icebearreads 's review for:
Blood Over Bright Haven
by M.L. Wang
adventurous
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
With the hype around this book I was expecting to really love it but it fell flat for me unfortunately.
I was intrigued by the world and the magic system but I found the pacing a bit off. Not much happens for 60% of the book, just world building and setting up the later end of the book and the larger storyline isn’t established until then and then everything happens all at once.
I also found the whole oppression storyline lacklustre. The whole book was basically just… Sciona discovers racism and structural mechanisms of oppression…wow! It felt very simplistic and saviour-y And then she falls in love with the oppressed and takes it upon herself to fix it all! I found her a pretty unlikeable character so the ending didn’t carry the emotional weight it was probably meant to.
I was intrigued by the world and the magic system but I found the pacing a bit off. Not much happens for 60% of the book, just world building and setting up the later end of the book and the larger storyline isn’t established until then and then everything happens all at once.
I also found the whole oppression storyline lacklustre. The whole book was basically just… Sciona discovers racism and structural mechanisms of oppression…wow! It felt very simplistic and saviour-y And then she
Content Warnings
Graphic: Racism, Cultural appropriation, Colonisation