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Koston ja kunnian lapset by Tomi Adeyemi

62 reviews

kyrstin_p1989's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

This is an intense, fast-paced read. The battle scenes are brutal, the love stories are laced with complications, and the young people who are at odds with each other are naive yet steadfast toward their beliefs. The ending was such a cliffhanger that I didn’t expect. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Cancer, Child death, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Gore, Racism, Slavery, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Cultural appropriation, Toxic friendship, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

robinks's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

Compared to the first volume, this one felt a little less intense and more about internal struggles, and I found myself super frustrated at different points. The epilogue had really powerful imagery.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and War

Moderate: Confinement, Gore, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Physical abuse, Torture, Vomit, Trafficking, and Alcohol

debthebookworm's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

Before I learned there is a third book coming, I was fully prepared to throw this book across the room.

Ending with what I can only assume are the Europeans coming to enslave the Orïshans instead of giving us the victory Zélie deserves would have been a compete let-down.

But Children of Anguish and Anarchy is coming! So I can focus on how I feel about the pages leading up to the end.

I was not prepared for Amari's arc. Seeing her turn exactly into what her parents raised her to be and sacrificing Ibadan was frustrating, and I wished she had been sacrificed for the other elders to join their hearts. I expected Mama Agba to go, but not like that. All in all, it was a beautiful send-off.

Zélie and Inan hurt. I was excited to learn that Inan was alive, even though he was so aggravating and the reason Baba died. He and Zélie, though, were just something I wanted to work, and watching him fight himself again but this time also having to fight against his mother, I rooted for him to break free so he could do the right thing. It took the whole book, but I'm glad it happened. 

Also, so much pain. Having to watch Zélie get broken down to the point where she didn't want to fight anymore was so painful. Mâzeli did not deserve to die, and it was her fault!

There were so many instances of everyone not listening or trusting each other, I didn't know who was going to prevail.

Overall, story-wise, I loved seeing more maji, watching Zélie blossom with her own little clan, discovering cênters, and seeing the maji sanctuary. The twists were really good. I was shocked every time. The last few chapters, jumping from character to character every 3 pages, was jarring, but I pushed through. Also  unless this is addressed in Book 3, we never learned what happened to Ramaya.

I debated on how many stars to give this, but those issues stop me from giving it 5.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, and War

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Genocide, Blood, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Classism

Minor: Animal death, Child death, and Vomit

huldasif's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

It was an action filled book, full of emotional and moral struggles. I was never bored. I felt something lacking in the cohesiveness or the structure, because sometimes it felf a little bit all over the place. Also, this could have been a duology and it would have been perfect as such, but it was as if at the last moment the author had decided to change her mind, or if she had made a three book deal and had to make it a trilogy even though the story wanted to be a duology. The ending therefore felt cheap to me. Of course, I don't know if this was really the case with the author and the publisher, but this was just my impression from reading the book. However, I did enjoy the story quite a lot despite the ending and I will definitely continue on with the series.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

sea_sea's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

I really liked this book. It was really good, but very very sad and there was also quite a lot of violence. 
There is also a lesbian background couple <3 I am definitely looking forward to the third book. Hopefully their story ends well! >~< 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail

chlo_po's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

These characters are experiencing so much trauma goodness gracious. Excited to see how the third installment brings it all together based on this second book!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Xenophobia, and War

angievansprang's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I am loving this series. The magic system is so intricate and I appreciate the attention to detail in crafting this world. The plot twists in the second book of this series kept me on the edge of my seat and made this a fast read. I felt as though Adeyemi did well at increasing the pacing and decreasing the page count in this book compared to Children of Blood and Bone. You better bet I’m eagerly awaiting the release of the third book!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood, Colonisation, War, and Classism

Moderate: Gore and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Grief

abby_can_read's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

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After finishing the first book, I had high exceptions and I don't think this book lived up to them. This was a decent book and there were parts that I enjoyed reading. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Violence, Xenophobia, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Gore, Racial slurs, Racism, Toxic relationship, and Blood

Minor: Gaslighting and Colonisation

grets_reads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Xenophobia, and War

Moderate: Child death, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Torture and Fire/Fire injury

ci_eden's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful inspiring sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

This took me a year to read due to my ADHD but definitely a great sequel! I could definitely feel how the characters matured throughout the book. The smaller chapters spur me on and I feel like the POV is evenly spread between each character. I honestly can't wait for this to get picked up for a TV show, it'll be absolutely stunning. The way Adeyemi described things, I can truly visualise it in my head.

The fact that the war technically hasn't ended and that they're on a boat in the sea?! Who is this new player Tomi, I need to read the next one right now!!

Also I love how flawed Zelie is. I love a strong woman going through shit, and she doesn't want to run away anymore, she found her purpose, fuck yeah! Although she has horrible taste in men. Also did NOT expect Amari to kill innocent people. Trauma and abuse really twists you.

These are tortured characters that just keep getting battered and abused. Children fighting wars, as the title says. I feel for them, I really do. I feel like their deaths are inevitable but I can't look away... 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body horror, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Toxic relationship, Police brutality, Religious bigotry, and Classism

Minor: Confinement, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Medical content, Fire/Fire injury, and Gaslighting