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Lore by Alexandra Bracken

101 reviews

bumblingbee03's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Grief, Violence, War, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual assault, Confinement, Death, Sexism, Terminal illness, and Misogyny

Moderate: Kidnapping, Pedophilia, Cancer, Confinement, Gaslighting, Child abuse, Child death, and Cursing

Minor: Alcohol, Genocide, Torture, Vomit, Child death, Gun violence, and Animal death

fadeddpages's review against another edition

adventurous

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Kidnapping, Pedophilia, Rape, Injury/Injury detail, Adult/minor relationship, Death, Murder, Sexual assault, Emotional abuse, Blood, Grief, Sexism, Torture, Cancer, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Classism, Misogyny, Terminal illness, and Violence

tmook's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense

3.75

“By the gods—sea, fire, and women are the three evils.” (p. 443).

Dark throughout, but a happy ending.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Violence, Death, Child abuse, and Child death

Moderate: Terminal illness, Fire/Fire injury, Self harm, Cancer, and Sexism

Minor: Pedophilia

mkmusicmaniac's review against another edition

adventurous fast-paced

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

3.5

Takes the fun out of a fast paced book to keep having to check names and people but Lore is a BA. Book club April ‘24

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Grief, Sexism, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Violence, Child death, Cancer, and Blood

rebeccamgwck's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-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

3.5

A dark, grim re-imagining of Greek mythology which explored the brutal side of both the godly, immortal figures and the plain old humans with their burning ambition. The plot was intriguing; watching the characters unravel thread after thread and often ending up with more questions than answers. The full cast of characters were well-developed, though frustratingly bad decision makers (someone had to advance the plot, l suppose). The ending felt slightly rushed,

and a bit jarringly sunshine-and-rainbows compared to the previous fifty-odd chapters

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Gore, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Death of parent, Child death, Death, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Cancer, Pedophilia, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Domestic abuse and Ableism

sourebugs's review against another edition

slow-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Pedophilia, Rape, War, Cancer, and Gaslighting

tawnypelts_gf's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Child death, Death, Torture, Misogyny, Death of parent, and Pedophilia

Moderate: Cancer, Sexual assault, Suicide attempt, and Rape

rinniereads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny inspiring mysterious reflective 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death of parent, Murder, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Grief, Cancer, Cursing, Blood, and Death

turtleycool's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Cancer

nicodaa's review against another edition

adventurous challenging tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Cancer, Child abuse, Death of parent, Cursing, Chronic illness, and Rape