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In case anyone is wondering, THIS is what I was expecting Zelie’s actress to look like. Peep the very dark skin? Yeah.

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Sincere question why does the "Legacy of Orïsha" trilogy lack a fandom? Like yeah, I see people praising the books, and I myself enjoy them (have not read #3 yet) , but there is not a huge following, not many fanfic or fan art) when the 1st book came out I was looking forward to seeing a new fandom grow but it never happen. I wonder what is going to happen when the movies come out?

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Okay, I finished CAA... I am very interested in everybody else's thoughts.

I might do a full reaction/breakdown later if enough of the fandom is still around, but for now, I'll stick to a spoiler-free:

It was abrupt. So abrupt. I liked the book, but that ending. Very sudden. And I'm left with a majorly important question imo.

Five years was a damn long time for the direction the story took and that ending.

But I liked it.

But maybe it could have been better.

#caa #coaaa #children of anguish and anarchy #orisha trilogy #i feel like the five years changed my expectations a lot #i do wonder how people who will read the whole series at once now that all are out will react to it #because i think that's gonna make a major difference #the book has a lot of flashbacks and that was really needed for those of us that have been waiting half a decade #but people reading through at once are going to have a VERY different experience imo

okay so that children of blood and bone cast reveal…..

#not many nigerians #which wouldn’t be an issue if they hadn’t kicked up a fuss about looking specifically for nigerian talent #but i’ll let it slide #ik how hollywood gets with casts and funding so ykw i’ll let it slide #south african lead #i’ll let it slide #light skinned amari????#KO LE WORK OOOOO #this one cannot slide #i’m not prepared for the accents we’re gonna hear #my head is already banging ooooo #children of blood and bone #children of blood and bone cast #children of virtue and vengeance #children of anguish and anarchy #cobab #covav #coaaa #tomi adeyemi

It's on!!!!!! Let's goooooooo!!!!

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Here's one of my big questions after the ending of Children of Anguish and Anarchy:

What the hell happened to the medallions??? Are Zélie and Mae'e free? Did the medallions leave scars? Do they live with these medallions forever? Do the medallions take over their life force eventually? WHAT HAPPENS WITH THE MEDALLIONS!?!?!?

Of course we're all wondering about Roën (and Harun), but that was my other huge plot question that was just not addressed at all.

#spoilers #children of anguish and anarchy spoilers #orisha trilogy #children of anguish and anarchy #caa #coaaa #zelie #maee

Here's the non-spoiler review I just wrote for retail sites:

This is the series that got me back into reading, so it will always hold a special place in my heart. But the five year gap between book 2 and book 3…I felt it.

Bottom line: I did enjoy reading the book. However, it doesn't get full stars because the trilogy finale just doesn't hold up to the first two, and I think there's a lot of things that could have been done for a better read. The book reads a bit like Tomi lost enthusiasm during COVID and like she was just kinda finishing from an outline without the heart of the other books.

The deep emotions of the first two books just aren't there. There's a whole lot of telling rather than showing. You can tell by the smaller size of book 3 that we just don't get as much detail or exploration or action as we did in the previous books. I sobbed through entire portions of book 1 and book 2. In book 3, I had some perfunctory tears at the end of the story. But it absolutely wasn't the same emotional ride as before.

Characters from the last books are just shoved aside in favor of introducing the new characters and new worlds. The worldbuilding and new magic systems are amazing…but I would gladly lose them to be able to complete the story that it felt like the Orisha trilogy was originally telling. I would gladly lose them to be able to get answers to questions I had after book 2 that did not get addressed at all in book 3. Some characters were also just straight up lost and ignored and their fate's left open as plot bunnies.

I think we all knew that the cliffhanger in book 2 was going to drastically change the direction of the story, but I didn't expect that it would mean the story we spent getting built up in two books would just be completely abandoned and wrapped up in what was, quite frankly, an extremely unrealistic and unbelievable answer. The ending of book 3 and the entire series was just so abrupt. For as much work as Tomi does teaching writing, I really would have expected a fully played out climax with a suspenseful build and some sort of closure/ending. But it felt rushed. The ending was quick and then all of a sudden we're at the epilogue. It was not a well paced climax. After all the build up, the ending just fell flat. The final action was basically 0 compared to the buildup, and there absolutely was no taking us down from the climax. AND, I was left with a pretty big question at the end, plot-wise, which just doesn't get addressed whatsoever.

I've spent a lot of time on the things that I wish had been done differently, but since I did overall enjoy the read, I want to also point out what I enjoyed.

The writing was good, even if the storytelling wasn't the best. I finished the book in two days, and I did so because I did want to know what happened.

The worldbuilding and new magic systems we see are very interesting, though they might have been better explored in their own books and their own stories.

I don't know if it was always Tomi's plan or if she was responding to the fanbase, but I heavily appreciate how she handled Amari's character in particular.

I honestly thought the pacing in book 3 was much better than book 2. Book 2 was so heavy and hard to get through emotionally. I felt book 3 found its footing a lot better in giving me a lot of action but also not overwhelming me.

That said, I think the book definitely just suffered a mismatch of my expectations developed from the first two books and the final product, especially after so much time in between releases. It's been five years. A pandemic happened. A lot was going on in general, and I know Tomi must have grown so much in this time. Perhaps Tomi just outgrew the story she was telling for the age group she was writing for in the time it took for this series to get fully published and will blossom even further in her future projects.

I would like to go back and re-read all three books together and see how I feel about the finale after that. I did not re-read the series before book 3 (so the tons of flashback and reminder scenes were helpful for me, but might feel like too much on a re-read), and I would like to do that for a better overall picture of book 3.

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I stumbled across an old prediction post of mine where I swore book 3 was going to be Children of Gods in some way, and today it hit me that Children of Grief and Gods imo would have been a much better title than Children of Anguish and Anarchy A) because the god thing was HUGE in the books, B) maji have the literal magic of the gods running through their blood, and C) wtf did this book have to do with anarchy? They continually refer to Orïsha as a kingdom and talk about who will lead it in the future. D|

#children of anguish and anarchy #orisha trilogy #caa #coaaa #jmo #anybody else have any title preferences they want to share?