Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

Legendborn by Tracy Deonn

143 reviews

hayzey's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful inspiring mysterious sad 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Violence, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Death of parent, Stalking, Slavery, Medical trauma, Racism, Racial slurs, Gore, Death, Blood, Bullying, and Torture

Moderate: Medical content, Sexual violence, Racial slurs, Injury/Injury detail, Car accident, Murder, Medical trauma, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Death, Bullying, Blood, Alcohol, Violence, Torture, Stalking, Slavery, Sexual assault, Rape, Racism, Gore, War, and Infidelity

Minor: Torture, War, Slavery, Mental illness, Grief, Genocide, Emotional abuse, Classism, Blood, Abandonment, Violence, Sexual violence, Racism, Murder, Infidelity, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Religious bigotry, Racial slurs, Kidnapping, Car accident, Alcohol, Stalking, Rape, Medical trauma, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, and Death

ladygetslit'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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Slavery, Sexual assault, Rape, and Death

brookey8888's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny 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

The main reason that this isn’t a 5 star is because when thy would explain the lore and history and magic It just went over my head for some reason. As for what I liked which was everything else btw. I really loved Bree and just her whole grieving process and her family and friendships. I also enjoyed learning more about her history. I enjoyed the discussions of race and all of that that includes. I also really enjoyed the budding relationship between Bree and someone. The ending action packed and I kind of didn’t see it coming. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Sexism, Police brutality, Racism, Car accident, Child death, Grief, Misogyny, Murder, Blood, Bullying, Classism, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Rape, Sexual assault, Slavery, and Violence

taryn_g's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny mysterious sad tense fast-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: Blood, Violence, Racism, Grief, Death of parent, and Death

Moderate: Sexism, Car accident, and Sexual assault

rrubin97's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark tense fast-paced

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

3.0

It was a slow start but glad I stuck with it. The author deftly weaves legend, history and contemporary BIPOC experience

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Racism

Minor: Sexism, Sexual assault, and Car accident

haylzno's review against another edition

adventurous challenging inspiring reflective sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

EVERYTHING I could ever want in a YA low fantasy novel. 

Mixes our world with some King Arthur/ Knights of the Roundtable retelling and is just all around an epic novel. 
This novel has it all: found family, secret societies, dark, shameful pasts, corrupt higher powers, demonic enemies, and magical lineages that trace all the way back to Kind Arthur and his trusted knights.

Tracy Deonn knocked it out of the pack. I cannot WAIT for Bloodmarked!! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Slavery, Racism, War, Sexual assault, Rape, Mental illness, Grief, Car accident, Racial slurs, and Death

tanwe's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring reflective fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Grief, and Racism

Moderate: Slavery

Minor: Sexual assault

hearth_hobbit's review against another edition

adventurous dark inspiring mysterious reflective tense fast-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

If I could give this book 10 stars I would. It’s so fucking good. All of it. I wish it was 1000 more pages. 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Colonisation, Car accident, Gore, Gaslighting, War, and Police brutality

Minor: Sexual violence and Sexual assault

siennakt30's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious tense fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Car accident, Colonisation, Cursing, Death, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Murder, Pregnancy, Racism, Sexual harassment, Alcohol, Sexual violence, Slavery, Violence, War, Death of parent, and Grief

ofbooksandechos's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring mysterious 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

I'm so glad I stuck around for this one because it was so worth it. While I found the first half of the book hard to get into, probably because it was filled with grief and loss, and as  someone who's struggling with their own grief and loss I couldn't bring myself to listen. However I absolutely adored the second one (grief was still there, but it was not as heavy as it first was). 
I have nothing but praise for Deonn for showing how easy it is to be inclusive towards queer and trans people in her writing.
Looking forward to reading/listening to the sequel.

ps: on a negative note, I was not sold on Nick from the beginning AND I was not a fan of the insta-love between him and Bree. Sel though, Sel I LOVED from his very first scene.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Car accident, Sexual assault, Slavery, and Violence

Minor: Colonisation and Sexism