Review of 'Children of Virtue and Vengeance' on 'Goodreads'
3 stars
Liked the concept, but not the execution. CVV continued the story of Zélie, Tzain, Amari, Inan, Roën, and all the rest, in a nonstop drama of intense emotions, love, disappointment, betrayal, uncertainty, determination, violence, and very dramatic magic.
We found it hard to clearly visualize a good bit of the action, which could have been our own fault sometimes. It got to feeling repetitive, too: dreams & disasters, gonna do better, hearts a-flutter making it hard to think, people getting maimed and killed in dramatic ways, everyone saying they want to end the war, etc.
The many descriptions of light bursting out of people’s eyes, and glowing tattoos, etc., were on the one hand cool and evocative and on the other hand too plentiful. I did enjoy the descriptions of people, and wouldn’t have minded more descriptions of places, and more about the animals too.
Overall to me the story …
Liked the concept, but not the execution. CVV continued the story of Zélie, Tzain, Amari, Inan, Roën, and all the rest, in a nonstop drama of intense emotions, love, disappointment, betrayal, uncertainty, determination, violence, and very dramatic magic.
We found it hard to clearly visualize a good bit of the action, which could have been our own fault sometimes. It got to feeling repetitive, too: dreams & disasters, gonna do better, hearts a-flutter making it hard to think, people getting maimed and killed in dramatic ways, everyone saying they want to end the war, etc.
The many descriptions of light bursting out of people’s eyes, and glowing tattoos, etc., were on the one hand cool and evocative and on the other hand too plentiful. I did enjoy the descriptions of people, and wouldn’t have minded more descriptions of places, and more about the animals too.
Overall to me the story felt too melodramatic and grim, but I’ve noticed that I feel that way about a number of works and writers that other people have adored, from Catcher in the Rye to Flannery O’Connor. Presumably there is another installment in the works.
