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3.81 AVERAGE
3.81 AVERAGE
adventurous
dark
emotional
hopeful
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
adventurous
challenging
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
challenging
dark
mysterious
tense
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
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
sad
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:
Yes
Enjoyed the first book but this one didn’t grab me and then it stayed that way.
adventurous
challenging
emotional
tense
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:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Book 1 - the Queen is known to limit Amari's food and seems to value thinness and beauty over anything else.
Book 2 - you thought Queen Elara Merandus is the worst queen mother ever? Queen Nehanda is here to be the MOST genocidal, brutal, and hateful queen mother I've ever read.
I didn't enjoy book 2 as much, but also what do you expect of traumatized teenagers forced to fight a war? There's so much brutality and bad decisions, but I also get that Adeyemi is making commentary about the cycle of war and violence. But I don't think there's anyway to truth and reconciliation their way out of this.
TLDR - fuck Inan and his mama
Book 2 - you thought Queen Elara Merandus is the worst queen mother ever? Queen Nehanda is here to be the MOST genocidal, brutal, and hateful queen mother I've ever read.
I didn't enjoy book 2 as much, but also what do you expect of traumatized teenagers forced to fight a war? There's so much brutality and bad decisions, but I also get that Adeyemi is making commentary about the cycle of war and violence. But I don't think there's anyway to truth and reconciliation their way out of this.
TLDR - fuck Inan and his mama
Content Warnings
Graphic: Genocide, Gore, Violence, Murder, War
adventurous
dark
emotional
medium-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
Wildly slow start, but once it picked up it PICKED UP. And some of it is going to look so cool once adapted (if done even a little well). I'm more excited for book 3 than I was for book 2 after that ending, which is saying something for a debut YA author's sophomore book. All my heart to Chris who reads out loud, explains what happened when my mind can't focus, and keeps books like this in my life.