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A review by marcomoon
Daughters of Nri by Reni K. Amayo
adventurous
hopeful
informative
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? Yes
3.75
First of. The cover "perfection" Before I even knew what this book was about, I just knew need to have it because of the cover.
I really enjoyed reading this book and the writing is fantastic. To a person how never been to Africa and only seen Africa beauty from pictures and movies. Reni K. Amayo did amazing job on describing the surroundings, making it feels like I actually have been where the characters are. I also didn`t feel at lost, when comes the mythology Reni decide to use. There was both explanations in the beginning and at the end for different symbols, the different gods and list of African words she used in the book.
However as much as i enjoyed the books, I found some part to be disappointing. In many way the story felt both rushed and slow. I also wished she had used more time on the characters stories. Like she idea of the first book could have been expended to two books or more.
<Spoiler>
But what really disappointed me was the ending. And the reason this book got 3 stars is because, through out the book we where giving this expectation that the villain in this story, was impossible to defeat. Yet it barely took 3 pages for him to die. And the girls had so little practice with their power, (one of them had not practice at all) was able to defeat a man who had killed gods. It just did not make sense. And wished he wasn`t defeated in the first book.
<Spoiler>
Because of how the book was written and the ending too, I feel like this would be more enjoyed by the youngest readers of YA 12 - 14 years old. Rather then older readers. This was truly a well written book that I would probably given a 4 - 5 stars if I had read this when I was 12 - 14 years old. Do recommend giving this to children/teenagers to get them into reading or to help them to diverse their bookshelf.
I really enjoyed reading this book and the writing is fantastic. To a person how never been to Africa and only seen Africa beauty from pictures and movies. Reni K. Amayo did amazing job on describing the surroundings, making it feels like I actually have been where the characters are. I also didn`t feel at lost, when comes the mythology Reni decide to use. There was both explanations in the beginning and at the end for different symbols, the different gods and list of African words she used in the book.
However as much as i enjoyed the books, I found some part to be disappointing. In many way the story felt both rushed and slow. I also wished she had used more time on the characters stories. Like she idea of the first book could have been expended to two books or more.
<Spoiler>
But what really disappointed me was the ending. And the reason this book got 3 stars is because, through out the book we where giving this expectation that the villain in this story, was impossible to defeat. Yet it barely took 3 pages for him to die. And the girls had so little practice with their power, (one of them had not practice at all) was able to defeat a man who had killed gods. It just did not make sense. And wished he wasn`t defeated in the first book.
<Spoiler>
Because of how the book was written and the ending too, I feel like this would be more enjoyed by the youngest readers of YA 12 - 14 years old. Rather then older readers. This was truly a well written book that I would probably given a 4 - 5 stars if I had read this when I was 12 - 14 years old. Do recommend giving this to children/teenagers to get them into reading or to help them to diverse their bookshelf.