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A review by brynalexa
Children of Anguish and Anarchy by Tomi Adeyemi
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.25
If you love constant battle scenes, this is for you.
Throughout the series I was waiting for the group to find some kind of community. Which they did, but they so dramatically underused it. The combined magic of the clans could have done so much more. The original magic system is awesome, although not used to its full potential. The two new magic systems are the same: awesome and underutilized.
I love the militant struggle and the community building but it would have been nice to see some emotion and connection off the battle field to make it believable.
Even though they finally stand in community, each character thinks they are the one to do it all, save it all, be responsible for all and it gets to be annoying (it was annoying after book one, though)
I had trouble with the multiple perspectives over the last books but it was done beautifully in this one.
Black girls carrying the weight of the world is powerful but not something to look up to.
Extra .25 star for the gay 🌈
Throughout the series I was waiting for the group to find some kind of community. Which they did, but they so dramatically underused it. The combined magic of the clans could have done so much more. The original magic system is awesome, although not used to its full potential. The two new magic systems are the same: awesome and underutilized.
I love the militant struggle and the community building but it would have been nice to see some emotion and connection off the battle field to make it believable.
Even though they finally stand in community, each character thinks they are the one to do it all, save it all, be responsible for all and it gets to be annoying (it was annoying after book one, though)
I had trouble with the multiple perspectives over the last books but it was done beautifully in this one.
Black girls carrying the weight of the world is powerful but not something to look up to.
Extra .25 star for the gay 🌈
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Gore, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, Injury/Injury detail