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A review by awry_diamond
The Rosewater Redemption by Tade Thompson
5.0
Wow. What an end to this stunning trilogy! I laughed. I cried. I gasped. I cheered. After thoroughly enjoying the first two installments of this series, I was really looking forward to settling into the final book, but 'The Rosewater Redemption' really blew me away. I can absolutely imagine myself revisiting this series in the future (even though I'm rarely a re-reader) because I'm certain there must be lots of delicious clues and foreshadowing for certain elements of the story lines throughout the first two books.
Thompson's world building and character development comes together brilliantly in this final novel. In a series that could have really sprawled into too many characters, I felt that he gave us just enough - allowing the reader to get fully invested in the characters. The prose itself is often beautiful (and at times brutal), and the relationships between characters are incredibly well crafted.
Finally, I also need to SHOUT TO THE HEAVENS about how ab-so-lute-ly amazing the audiobook narration was for this book. I was already a big fan of Bhayo Gbadamosi after listening to the first two books, but he really takes it to the next level in this final installment. His interpretation and performance of each character is so well rounded, so compelling, it's impossible not to get sucked in. Really incredible work, and one of the few instances where I would probably recommend experiencing this series via audio instead of reading it (if that's your jam), because the performance really is *that* good.
Thompson's world building and character development comes together brilliantly in this final novel. In a series that could have really sprawled into too many characters, I felt that he gave us just enough - allowing the reader to get fully invested in the characters. The prose itself is often beautiful (and at times brutal), and the relationships between characters are incredibly well crafted.
Finally, I also need to SHOUT TO THE HEAVENS about how ab-so-lute-ly amazing the audiobook narration was for this book. I was already a big fan of Bhayo Gbadamosi after listening to the first two books, but he really takes it to the next level in this final installment. His interpretation and performance of each character is so well rounded, so compelling, it's impossible not to get sucked in. Really incredible work, and one of the few instances where I would probably recommend experiencing this series via audio instead of reading it (if that's your jam), because the performance really is *that* good.