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bookswhitme 's review for:
Children of Virtue and Vengeance
by Tomi Adeyemi
This is me rounding up from a 2.5. I have a lot of feelings about this, rant like and otherwise. For my full review w/ spoilers check out my blog post: https://bookswhitme.wordpress.com/2019/12/29/book-review-children-of-virtue-and-vengeance-by-tomi-adeyemi/
For the non-spoiler review see below.
Everyone in this book got….on….my….nerves. I know that grief was a major piece of this book and everyone was dealing with a lot, but for a good majority of time Amari and Zelie just seemed to be….whining. It really felt like all of the character development that we had gained from both Zelie and Amari in the first book just sort of disappeared and never really returned. For me it seemed like they were both very unwilling to understand where the other person was coming from or what they were saying and while it made sense for the first portion of the book, I really think it dragged on too long. Then, as soon as Zelie gains some sense and comes around to Amari’s point, AMARI GOES COMPLETELY LEFT!! What the hell is that???
I think that there were a lot of great pieces that just weren’t glued together well. The conflict and story of the majis and titans was great, the struggle for Amari to find her place and Zelie to deal with things not going according to plans, was pretty good as well. I loved discovering the encampment with all of the maji, even if the characters themselves weren’t all they could be. I also loved the interactions with Roen and Zelie, though…I do have some issues with the romantic entanglements that were presented. I just think that a lot was lost in the amount of time that was spent in the anger, the savior complex, and the love/relationship pieces. I really could’ve done without the love and relationship piece (in heterosexual terms anyway).
Inan….I already wasn’t necessarily the biggest fan of Inan in CoBaB, but I had hoped that after everything he went through in the first installment, he would be in a different place. Spoiler alert, he wasn’t. He was knee deep in self-loathing from beginning to end with no ending in sight.
The last thing I want to mention is just the romance piece. The romantic entanglements were overdone and unnecessary.
For the non-spoiler review see below.
Everyone in this book got….on….my….nerves. I know that grief was a major piece of this book and everyone was dealing with a lot, but for a good majority of time Amari and Zelie just seemed to be….whining. It really felt like all of the character development that we had gained from both Zelie and Amari in the first book just sort of disappeared and never really returned. For me it seemed like they were both very unwilling to understand where the other person was coming from or what they were saying and while it made sense for the first portion of the book, I really think it dragged on too long. Then, as soon as Zelie gains some sense and comes around to Amari’s point, AMARI GOES COMPLETELY LEFT!! What the hell is that???
I think that there were a lot of great pieces that just weren’t glued together well. The conflict and story of the majis and titans was great, the struggle for Amari to find her place and Zelie to deal with things not going according to plans, was pretty good as well. I loved discovering the encampment with all of the maji, even if the characters themselves weren’t all they could be. I also loved the interactions with Roen and Zelie, though…I do have some issues with the romantic entanglements that were presented. I just think that a lot was lost in the amount of time that was spent in the anger, the savior complex, and the love/relationship pieces. I really could’ve done without the love and relationship piece (in heterosexual terms anyway).
Inan….I already wasn’t necessarily the biggest fan of Inan in CoBaB, but I had hoped that after everything he went through in the first installment, he would be in a different place. Spoiler alert, he wasn’t. He was knee deep in self-loathing from beginning to end with no ending in sight.
The last thing I want to mention is just the romance piece. The romantic entanglements were overdone and unnecessary.