Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Legendborn by Tracy Deonn

716 reviews

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

ms_sarah621's review against another edition

dark 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? It's complicated

3.5

my hopes were so high for this book. People love it so much, and I was super excited for a unique, fun story. However, I struggled with being able to really love this story. The King Arthur and Round Table lore was interesting, and I haven’t read much fiction that used that. I really appreciated the themes and conversations around grief, loss, finding identity, and race. I felt that these are tough topics to flesh out, but the author did a great job really exploring them. Yet, the rest of story felt so YA and underwhelming for me. There’s romance and conflict and twists and dealing with parents and coming of age. Of course, this is YA and those are typical topics for YA but that’s what pushed me away. I don’t read much YA anymore because it’s not written for me, but everyone talked about how different and amazing this book was, so I gave it a shot. Next, the romance got so messy and just uncomfortable for me. At first, I loved it and was very excited to see what would happen and how they would grow. Then, so many factors started being placed on them and their relationship that it threw me off and became less enjoyable. Lastly, I hate the final plot twist. The story behind it was heartbreaking and a great theme when thinking about history and lineage, but it didn’t feel like the book was leading us to that point or that that was even a possibility. It felt forced almost. I’m not sure why it had to happen. Of course, it makes Bree seem even stronger and more powerful, but it felt unnecessary and slightly ridiculous. Yet, that’s just my opinion and others may completely disagree. I just felt like it didn’t add to my experience, the story, and where things were headed. Overall, I did have fun being taken into this complex new world. Experiencing a very strong and talented main character and exploring a difficult new life she has to create for herself. I just feel it doesn’t live up to the massive hype this book has accumulated. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Racism, Death of parent, Grief, War, Slavery, and Car accident

jimins's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.5

ahhhh i enjoyed this so much!! like sure some of the characters felt a little flat but bree was great and the worldbuilding was fascinating. in typical me fashion i am a Big Fan of sel. looking forward to reading the next book!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Death, and Grief

Minor: Death of parent

erudia's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring 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

A powerful reimagining of the King Arthur legend that pulled me in instantly. Could not put it down & cannot wait to get my hands on the next book. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Classism, Racism, and Death of parent

Minor: Rape and Slavery

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

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

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

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

halem13's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Blood, Bullying, Death of parent, War, Death, Grief, and Racism

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Gore, and Torture

Minor: Sexual assault, Infidelity, Pregnancy, Car accident, and Rape

harleymlewis_'s review against another edition

adventurous emotional slow-paced

• 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

3.75

You could feel that this book was 800+ pages. It felt long and drug on. But the grief and loss was incredibly well written. Racism was a focal point and was written in a way that did not shy away from the hard realities of being a black girl in a world of unbelonging. I loved those aspects! I did not always love the characters and felt they were very shallowly written. Overall, the ending was fantastic and almost* worth the wait. Not sure if I’ll continue the series 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism and Grief

farmfreshlisa's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring mysterious tense fast-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Cursing, Grief, Death of parent, Classism, Car accident, Violence, and Slavery

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