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A review by gemmie
Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi
5.0
OKAY I HAVE A LOT TO SAY ABOUT THIS MASTERPIECE.
I was actually really hesitant about it because I've been feeling a bit bored of YA and really reluctant about jumping into the genre because of the cliches or unoriginality, but this book blew me and my expectations away. It didn't treat us like a kid. It got straight the point, and that's what I love so much about Adeyemi's writing. It's beautiful and easy to digest, but most of all, the pacing is the best part. She gets straight to the point as I've mentioned but there are no slow parts whatsoever in this book. I never once felt bored. Everything that happened felt like there were stakes behind it, that there were clear risks to every adversity. And holy shit is it refreshing to see writing like this.
I loved to see that more than anything, every character had more flaws than strengths. That felt really special to me because it showed that these people were not built for the role they were destined, that they were like everyone else trying to survive. I appreciated the vulnerability explored in this book, especially with Zélie's trauma and her never-ending self-doubt. It was really well done how her doubt and fear never truly left her despite feeling empowered. Feelings like that made it easier to understand her character, and I'm glad, that even with character development, she was still terrified. It's very human, and it's what we need to see in the fantasy genre where it's all about people with abilities that eliminate any sort of preceding weakness.
It was also interesting to see Amari take in the world and learn so much about her kingdom herself rather than the propaganda her dumbass father told her. She was able to form her own opinions in the end and WELP, she became this ferocious and empowering character. Her character development was definitely the most satisfying, and I'm SUPER PROUD OF MY BABY GIRL.
The only critique I could give was the relationship between Zélie and Inan. It wasn't the fact that they were together but just how ridiculously fast their feelings developed?? He followed through on their plan and that's all it took for feelings to begin?? It was also really weird how Inan suddenly had a desire to protect, and I guess bang her against a tree, just because he could experience her pain and anguish his father caused? I don't know, it felt a bit weird but LOL DOESN'T MATTER ANYMORE CYA INAN YOU DUMBASS
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If you got to the end of this review, holy shit? Nice. I just love this book, and you. Thanks for reading!!!
I was actually really hesitant about it because I've been feeling a bit bored of YA and really reluctant about jumping into the genre because of the cliches or unoriginality, but this book blew me and my expectations away. It didn't treat us like a kid. It got straight the point, and that's what I love so much about Adeyemi's writing. It's beautiful and easy to digest, but most of all, the pacing is the best part. She gets straight to the point as I've mentioned but there are no slow parts whatsoever in this book. I never once felt bored. Everything that happened felt like there were stakes behind it, that there were clear risks to every adversity. And holy shit is it refreshing to see writing like this.
I loved to see that more than anything, every character had more flaws than strengths. That felt really special to me because it showed that these people were not built for the role they were destined, that they were like everyone else trying to survive. I appreciated the vulnerability explored in this book, especially with Zélie's trauma and her never-ending self-doubt. It was really well done how her doubt and fear never truly left her despite feeling empowered. Feelings like that made it easier to understand her character, and I'm glad, that even with character development, she was still terrified. It's very human, and it's what we need to see in the fantasy genre where it's all about people with abilities that eliminate any sort of preceding weakness.
It was also interesting to see Amari take in the world and learn so much about her kingdom herself rather than the propaganda her dumbass father told her. She was able to form her own opinions in the end and WELP, she became this ferocious and empowering character. Her character development was definitely the most satisfying, and I'm SUPER PROUD OF MY BABY GIRL.
The only critique I could give was the relationship between Zélie and Inan. It wasn't the fact that they were together but just how ridiculously fast their feelings developed?? He followed through on their plan and that's all it took for feelings to begin?? It was also really weird how Inan suddenly had a desire to protect, and I guess bang her against a tree, just because he could experience her pain and anguish his father caused? I don't know, it felt a bit weird but LOL DOESN'T MATTER ANYMORE CYA INAN YOU DUMBASS
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If you got to the end of this review, holy shit? Nice. I just love this book, and you. Thanks for reading!!!