Children of Anguish and Anarchy by Tomi Adeyemi

3.39 AVERAGE

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lilymouse's review against another edition

4.0
adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

gardeningninja's review against another edition

3.25
adventurous dark sad fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

moniquearelle's review against another edition

5.0
adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Diverse cast of characters: Yes

ecarleyroe's review against another edition

4.75
challenging dark emotional sad fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

amyoates's review against another edition

5.0
I understand the mixed reactions to Children of Anguish and Anarchy. It’s similar to Mockingjay in being a very different third book compared to the rest of the series. And the ending is very quick for all that happens plot-wise.

That being said, this does feel like a fitting conclusion to Zelie’s story. I also enjoyed getting Tzain’s POV in this one - it feels like we know his voice by now and getting his perspective enriched him as a character.

The new Norse and Ancient Mexican inspired cultures are also well developed (if occasionally in the first instance mildly terrifying).

I’m curious if we’ll see more in this universe someday, which would be a welcome expansion!
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boraborah's review against another edition

4.0
adventurous dark 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: No

leidatl's review against another edition

4.0
This may end up being an unpopular opinion, but I liked this much installment much better than the second one. My main complaint is that we only got a surface view of the world, people, and magic outside of Orisha.
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sassyaudge's review against another edition

2.0
adventurous dark emotional medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
Throwing in a random third party in order to unite the nation felt lazy to me. Unless there’s going to be another book, why incorporate two new civilizations? 
idk who was responsible for this, but replacing Bahni Turpin with Cynthia Erivo as the narrator felt weird as well. So many weird plot holes and missing characters. Just a mess of a third book. 

eyedsofmarch's review against another edition

3.0
adventurous emotional medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

rodanthe12's review against another edition

3.5
adventurous tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated