Reviews tagging 'Death'

Prodigy by Marie Lu

27 reviews

mj_86's review

adventurous emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and Grief

Moderate: Gun violence and Medical trauma

Minor: Terminal illness, Death of parent, and Child abuse

withlivjones's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

It took me a while to get into this book, but the action in the second half is definitely worth it. I loved all of the politics between the Republic, the Colonies, and the Patriots. However, the book would’ve been so much better without all the relationship drama and love triangles. Introducing Tess as a love interest out of nowhere was completely unnecessary and detrimental to her character imo, and Day and June work so perfectly together that introducing any rivals for either of them just doesn’t work. I also wish we got to spend more time in the Colonies to fully explore the capitalist hellscape that it is - there’s so much potential for worldbuilding there and creating a society that is completely different to the Republic but equally as terrible.

The last couple of chapters hit me like a bus - I knew everything had turned out too perfectly and something was about to go wrong. I need to read the final book in the trilogy right now. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Death, Gun violence, and Violence

flux_6174's review

adventurous challenging emotional tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.25

Definitely better than the first book. Gets better- the plot and characters. Not very exceptional as compared to the usual dystopian trend though, however it was quite entertaining, interesting and fun to read.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death

justagirlwithbooks's review against another edition

4.0

"He is beauty, inside and out.
He is the silver lining in a world of darkness.
He is my light.''

I really enjoyed this book, just as much as the first!

It made sense why the characters fought, based on what happened in the previous book.

This book hooked me, I would have finished it sooner if I didn't have other work!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Death

Minor: Child abuse and Medical trauma

eruneckles's review

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Grief, and Death

tania_mybookishsecret's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, and Blood

Moderate: Gun violence and Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Death of parent

marissasa's review

mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

This second installment in the Legend series followed June and Day on the run, collaborating with the Patriots rebel group, and discovering secrets about the Republic and its politics along the way. I actually liked this book better than the first one because it had deeper political intrigue and more realistic relationship conflicts, both between the two protagonists and with the supporting side characters who would question what they were doing. While the first book made them look like typical incredibly skilled despite being young YA protagonists, this one showed that they are still flawed and are not invincible as they faced challenges and hurdles. I still would've enjoyed this series a lot more when I was in middle school but I am still curious to continue the series and see how it all plays out.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Medical content, Grief, Gun violence, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, and Bullying

lcravella's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

this book is not for the faint of heart. this book can be sad at some points and stressful at others. there are great characters traits. I would Recommend this book to read if you like war or lots of action. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Bullying, Cursing, War, Gore, Murder, Blood, Body horror, Death, Gun violence, Violence, and Child death

achay91's review against another edition

adventurous fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Classism, Death, Injury/Injury detail, and War

Moderate: Pandemic/Epidemic and Kidnapping

Minor: Death of parent, Terminal illness, and Child abuse

luxxltyd's review against another edition

adventurous tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Grief, Medical content, Violence, War, Medical trauma, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship and Terminal illness