A review by 2treads
Better the Blood by Michael Bennett

dark hopeful sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? N/A
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

A solid crime thriller that kept me interested. Bennett telling a story of colonization and it's reverberating legacy resonates with me as a descendant of peoples who were exterminated(Tainos) and stolen and brutalized from their home(West Africans). So I carry the inheritance of land stolen and laws made and executed to the benefit of the colonizer. It was easy to commiserate with Lucky and to see why he believed that he had to do what he did.

If I had one thing to complain about, it would be the lack of consequences for that yt r@pist in the first part of the book.

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