Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

Legendborn by Tracy Deonn

44 reviews

peachani's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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

5.0

I loved this book. It's not the same old, tired YA fantasy despite involving Arthurian legend. I especially appreciate the way grief and institutional racism were handled.

The only thing I am wary of is a potential relationship that could happen in the next book (sincerely hope it doesn't).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Slavery, Violence, Animal death, and Death

Moderate: Classism, Sexism, War, Xenophobia, Gore, Medical content, Mental illness, Religious bigotry, Body horror, Bullying, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, and Blood

Minor: Body shaming, Child abuse, Alcohol, Confinement, Death of parent, Dysphoria, Fire/Fire injury, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Sexual harassment, Vomit, Abandonment, Infertility, Rape, Torture, and Car accident

chaosreads's review against another edition

adventurous emotional informative 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Slavery, Grief, Vomit, and Violence

Moderate: Sexism

Minor: Blood, Body horror, Car accident, Gore, and Rape

pseudoliterature's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective medium-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

 Sometimes you dnf a book after a rocky start, but its plot and characters linger in your mind for longer than expected, and you start to wonder, what did I miss? what am I missing? Luckily, my will power is rather weak. And I was missing a lot!
This book explores the Arthurian mythos and its magic in a surprisingly realistic way, exploring themes that are unfortunately overlooked in most contemporary set fantasy related stories.
I loved the conversations, the characters and specially the relationships they built, rebuilt, and improved. I really enjoyed the magic system, the conversations related to it, how it worked, and the different connections with ancestors; it is also refreshing to see some not Eurocentric magic for once.
I can't wait to read more from this series. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Car accident, Death of parent, Death, Grief, Murder, and Slavery

Moderate: Genocide, Hate crime, Racism, Kidnapping, Misogyny, and Rape

thebookadvocate's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

A diverse and queer cast of characters, deals trauma and grief, both current and intergenerational, confronts racism and sexism in old legends, draws in Arthurian legend and African magic practices. Such a great world! 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Death, Grief, Mental illness, and Racism

Minor: Sexism, Sexual assault, and Slavery