Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

Legendborn by Tracy Deonn

205 reviews

lri_reads's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective tense slow-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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, War, Racism, Death, Violence, and Death of parent

Moderate: Slavery and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Kidnapping

andelion's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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

Moderate: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, and Grief

Minor: Death of parent, Slavery, Murder, and Torture

alysonmorales's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring mysterious 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, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Sexual assault, Blood, Murder, Rape, Death, Grief, and Racism

Minor: Car accident

peppermint_pink's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.5

Wow first let me just say that the plot is so engaging - it got me reading 60-90 pages a day. Just be aware that this book is LONG. The magic system was also so interesting and I can't wait to learn more about it. 
I was just a little disappointed mostly because the hype around the book elevated my expectations too much and it didn't meet my initial expectations. Some things that bothered me: 

• The timeline. Like 60% of the book happened within the first week of school? It gave me whiplash. The whole thing happens in two weeks. What. I also kind of wish the author just made Bree 18 instead of 16
  because the age and early college thing mixed with how fast everything went is throwing me off a little.
• The love triangle. This is more of a personal preference. I don't like love triangles at all, especially not when it felt like Bree didn't have much chemistry with one of the dudes in the love triangle.
  Also two white boys?!
  But that's what you get when you read YA - you've got to accept that teenage melodrama will be part of the story. 
• Her relationships. I really needed her to have more Black friends or at least TRY to look for more POC friends.
  Her one friend kinda got pushed to the wayside and it was lowkey disappointing and felt underdeveloped.
• I know that the story represents the reality for a lot of Black people who are in PWIs but it really felt like there were TOO many White people. Maybe that's just me. I just thought there would be more Black people but I can count on one hand the number of (named) Black characters she interacts with
  not counting the ancestors.

 Still, I loved seeing the growth and discovery in Bree in the last third of the book. Tracy Deonn really showed the impulsivity and anger that comes with being a teenager, not to mention a grieving one.   Overall, it wasn't bad at all. I just didn't love it the way I expected to. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Death

Moderate: Death of parent, Racism, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Child abuse, Vomit, Alcoholism, Rape, and Car accident

nikki_flowers's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Slavery, Death of parent, Misogyny, Grief, and Death

Moderate: Medical content, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Violence, Sexism, Sexual violence, Kidnapping, Racial slurs, and Rape

wytherwytch's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-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

4.75

This book was brilliant. It was slow to get going for me as the fantasy world was set up and explained but once it was going it was utterly brilliant. I really appreciated reading a book with a main character that was a woman of colour by a woman of colour and the raw perspective this book offered. More of this please.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Classism, Car accident, Racism, Death of parent, Death, Murder, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Violence and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: War, Blood, Infidelity, and Alcohol

laynerinke's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Death of parent, Violence, and Grief

Moderate: Car accident, Injury/Injury detail, Sexism, Slavery, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Vomit, Pregnancy, Murder, Transphobia, and Cursing

sar_willow's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Sexism, Racism, and Slavery

Minor: Rape, Pregnancy, Car accident, and Sexual violence

mamaewalk's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, and Grief

Moderate: Racism, Violence, and Murder

Minor: Slavery, Misogyny, Rape, Car accident, and Infidelity

knockoffrainbow's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Classism, Cursing, Bullying, Blood, Mental illness, Sexism, Slavery, Colonisation, Death, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Grief, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Violence, War, Racial slurs, Child death, Misogyny, Racism, and Body horror

Moderate: Child abuse, Confinement, Physical abuse, Rape, Murder, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Vomit, Slavery, Torture, Alcohol, and Transphobia

Minor: Infidelity