Review by Meyne32 -- Mixed Blessings by J.M. Muse
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Review by Meyne32 -- Mixed Blessings by J.M. Muse
[Following is a volunteer review of "Mixed Blessings" by J.M. Muse.]
Often than not, people are motivated to do something which they believe from the very beginning will profit and advance them. These motivations wheel them to act blindingly of the consequences that their vision will come about. In his book, Mixed Blessings, J.M. Muse proved that hate, social iniquity, and beliefs can make a man forget the humanity within him.
In this book, the author brought different characters with each has varied issues but has the same goal, to be equally treated as who they are and not as from where and what race they have. Let me start with Kimberly Solberg, born from a Jewish and Mexican parent, who tried to feel a sense of belonging from his father’s family but got heartbroken after a tragic incident. Star Mathew wanting to prove her self to her Japanese community but unfortunately made her aunt commit a sin that sacrifices her freedom. Ahmed who always tries to get out of the hole by building his own family but often finds himself going back to it. Sidney Dennison who was mistakenly charged with something because of the stigma that blacks only do evil things. And Kublai Khan, the ambitious minister of the House of Jeremiah, arranged marriage between Asian women and men with African-American descent to manipulate the numbers of Black people in America and seek proper support and protection from the government.
Kublai, to succeed, used his people. “Join us on this journey to new prosperity and a new world of opportunity. It is just the beginning, one that will lead to a better community. Join us in the rise of a new Babylon”. He used the Bible to persuade men from his congregation to produce a generation that will be a different race by itself. Together with him is Minister Hung of the World Energy Church who has another intent for helping Khan. However, Rev. Tucker Dalton, a man with so much hate to their likes and leader of the Christian Covenant Church made their plan tougher to come through. From his mouth, he pukes detest and extreme hate among Khan’s people, “these mongrel children are the garbage and filth of their parents” as he describes them that he’ll kill whoever threatened the Whites.
Kim, Ahmed, Sidney, Star, and Kublai, intertwined and all suffered from racial discrimination that in the first place should not be experienced by anybody no matter what race, color, or cultural identity he has. They can all be real people in the real-world mistreated for their skin color. J.M. Muse revived and enlightened me of the real “now” which these people have been suffering for a long time. Furthermore, religion should not be exploited to make races more divided.
The author gives life to each character not by narration but by how he reveals their struggles through their backgrounds and powerful dialogues. Adults and children, white, black, yellow, beige, or whatever you want to name their skin, it's irrelevant. They are all human beings. Love begets love, hate begets hate. It crushed my heart to read babies being targeted and considered as the dirt of society. I hope that everyone can realize that in this chaotic and unruly world.
I rate this book 4 out of 4 stars for the well-arranged plot and setting. Though it is minimal, still, the editor and proofreader can make this book not appalling fiction to readers. I consider punctuation and spelling a big must in the totality of a great book. I highly recommend this book to fiction readers who want to encounter real social problems. This is an eye-opening book that tackles current social issues in America.
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Mixed Blessings
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Often than not, people are motivated to do something which they believe from the very beginning will profit and advance them. These motivations wheel them to act blindingly of the consequences that their vision will come about. In his book, Mixed Blessings, J.M. Muse proved that hate, social iniquity, and beliefs can make a man forget the humanity within him.
In this book, the author brought different characters with each has varied issues but has the same goal, to be equally treated as who they are and not as from where and what race they have. Let me start with Kimberly Solberg, born from a Jewish and Mexican parent, who tried to feel a sense of belonging from his father’s family but got heartbroken after a tragic incident. Star Mathew wanting to prove her self to her Japanese community but unfortunately made her aunt commit a sin that sacrifices her freedom. Ahmed who always tries to get out of the hole by building his own family but often finds himself going back to it. Sidney Dennison who was mistakenly charged with something because of the stigma that blacks only do evil things. And Kublai Khan, the ambitious minister of the House of Jeremiah, arranged marriage between Asian women and men with African-American descent to manipulate the numbers of Black people in America and seek proper support and protection from the government.
Kublai, to succeed, used his people. “Join us on this journey to new prosperity and a new world of opportunity. It is just the beginning, one that will lead to a better community. Join us in the rise of a new Babylon”. He used the Bible to persuade men from his congregation to produce a generation that will be a different race by itself. Together with him is Minister Hung of the World Energy Church who has another intent for helping Khan. However, Rev. Tucker Dalton, a man with so much hate to their likes and leader of the Christian Covenant Church made their plan tougher to come through. From his mouth, he pukes detest and extreme hate among Khan’s people, “these mongrel children are the garbage and filth of their parents” as he describes them that he’ll kill whoever threatened the Whites.
Kim, Ahmed, Sidney, Star, and Kublai, intertwined and all suffered from racial discrimination that in the first place should not be experienced by anybody no matter what race, color, or cultural identity he has. They can all be real people in the real-world mistreated for their skin color. J.M. Muse revived and enlightened me of the real “now” which these people have been suffering for a long time. Furthermore, religion should not be exploited to make races more divided.
The author gives life to each character not by narration but by how he reveals their struggles through their backgrounds and powerful dialogues. Adults and children, white, black, yellow, beige, or whatever you want to name their skin, it's irrelevant. They are all human beings. Love begets love, hate begets hate. It crushed my heart to read babies being targeted and considered as the dirt of society. I hope that everyone can realize that in this chaotic and unruly world.
I rate this book 4 out of 4 stars for the well-arranged plot and setting. Though it is minimal, still, the editor and proofreader can make this book not appalling fiction to readers. I consider punctuation and spelling a big must in the totality of a great book. I highly recommend this book to fiction readers who want to encounter real social problems. This is an eye-opening book that tackles current social issues in America.
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Mixed Blessings
View: on Bookshelves | on Amazon
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