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Children of Blood and Bone
by Tomi Adeyemi
I want to begin this review by stating I believe I found my favorite book of the year, and its name is COBAB.
It’s been a while since I’ve become as obsessed with a book as COBAB. Not only was the writing completely up my alley in description, humor, and pacing, but it also had one of the best casts I’ve read about in a while.
Zélie was incredible. I mean, yes, she is a tad bit irrational and spontaneous, especially when you compare her to Tzain or Amari, but I loved that about her. She has values and a temper, and you really see her passion for her beliefs and ideals. Specifically in the end, I found her to be incredibly powerful. Her storyline really is just hard to read sometimes due to her experiences, and Tomi is able to mesh this fantasy world with real life struggles in our day and age. Especially after reading Heart of Darkness in my English class, COBAB really hit me as one of severe importance.
Now the POV of an internally struggling boy named Inan just- GUYS I CANNOT SPEAK OF THIS BOY WITHOUT SPOILERS BECAUSE HE IS MY FAVORITE BUT HE BRINGS SO MUCH PAIN AND HE IS IN SO MUCH PAIN AND LIKE I WANNA BE EDNA IN THE INCREDIBLES AND SLAP HIM WITH A NEWSPAPER LIKE YES YOU ARE VERY CONFUSED AND STRUGGLING ON WHAT TO BELIEVE BUT BOY JUST AHHHHHHH!!!!
If the line above is any indication- I love Inan’s character to death mostly because of the struggles he delves into. He isn’t a character readers will agree with many times, but his role in this story just really took me by surprise. Inan is honestly my favorite character even though he made me wanna scream and pull out my hair, but those characters are sometimes the one’s who leave the greatest imprint.
Lastly, I’m not going to talk about this much, but the story mostly follows incredible racism/ basically genocide against a group of people. Some people may find certain parts very hard to read, but I personally found them powerful and enlightening for lack of a better word.
Amari’s character growth was by far my favorite and also the absolute best. I went from moderately enjoying her POV to screaming from the rooftops for more. Amari is such an important figure and symbol within this story for so many reason.
Edit: I’m not sure if I agree with everything I previously said in this review. I really did enjoy it 110% at the time, but years later I’m just a different person with different tastes.
It’s been a while since I’ve become as obsessed with a book as COBAB. Not only was the writing completely up my alley in description, humor, and pacing, but it also had one of the best casts I’ve read about in a while.
Zélie was incredible. I mean, yes, she is a tad bit irrational and spontaneous, especially when you compare her to Tzain or Amari, but I loved that about her. She has values and a temper, and you really see her passion for her beliefs and ideals. Specifically in the end, I found her to be incredibly powerful. Her storyline really is just hard to read sometimes due to her experiences, and Tomi is able to mesh this fantasy world with real life struggles in our day and age. Especially after reading Heart of Darkness in my English class, COBAB really hit me as one of severe importance.
Now the POV of an internally struggling boy named Inan just- GUYS I CANNOT SPEAK OF THIS BOY WITHOUT SPOILERS BECAUSE HE IS MY FAVORITE BUT HE BRINGS SO MUCH PAIN AND HE IS IN SO MUCH PAIN AND LIKE I WANNA BE EDNA IN THE INCREDIBLES AND SLAP HIM WITH A NEWSPAPER LIKE YES YOU ARE VERY CONFUSED AND STRUGGLING ON WHAT TO BELIEVE BUT BOY JUST AHHHHHHH!!!!
If the line above is any indication- I love Inan’s character to death mostly because of the struggles he delves into. He isn’t a character readers will agree with many times, but his role in this story just really took me by surprise. Inan is honestly my favorite character even though he made me wanna scream and pull out my hair, but those characters are sometimes the one’s who leave the greatest imprint.
Lastly, I’m not going to talk about this much, but the story mostly follows incredible racism/ basically genocide against a group of people. Some people may find certain parts very hard to read, but I personally found them powerful and enlightening for lack of a better word.
Amari’s character growth was by far my favorite and also the absolute best. I went from moderately enjoying her POV to screaming from the rooftops for more. Amari is such an important figure and symbol within this story for so many reason.
Edit: I’m not sure if I agree with everything I previously said in this review. I really did enjoy it 110% at the time, but years later I’m just a different person with different tastes.