Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Legend by Marie Lu

75 reviews

starr27's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Torture, Death, Grief, and Death of parent

Minor: Injury/Injury detail, War, Murder, Car accident, and Violence

rebeccaisabelle's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

I love the story line and the plot twists. I wanted to read more and more so that I could find out what happened which resulting made me finish the whole book in 2 days. Whilst reading the first parts of the book, I thought, "this would make a good movie, I'd watch that movie" and then I changed my mind when I read further on because I realised that

John was killed and in a very gruesome way too. If I saw that in theaters I think I would feel pretty disturbed and sad about the loss

. The characters are so young. The kind of things that they are doing at that age seems unrealistic.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Murder, War, Chronic illness, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Cultural appropriation, Death, Body horror, Death of parent, Forced institutionalization, Abandonment, Violence, Genocide, Gun violence, Grief, Medical content, Pandemic/Epidemic, Police brutality, and Torture

Moderate: Classism, Confinement, and Abandonment

bones_jackson's review

adventurous dark 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? It's complicated

5.0

Segue bem com a vibe de distopia de 2010, mas é muito bom, amei os personagens e a trama e eu quero muito saber o que vai acontecer com eles

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Physical abuse, War, Torture, Murder, Pandemic/Epidemic, Confinement, Gore, Police brutality, Car accident, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Toxic friendship, Kidnapping, Child death, Violence, Blood, Death, Vomit, Xenophobia, and Grief

linnssoppa's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious sad fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Violence

chinomi's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring sad 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

Moderate: Death of parent, Violence, Gun violence, Torture, War, Death, and Blood

Minor: Alcohol

mj_86's review against another edition

adventurous 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, and Violence

Moderate: Torture, Gun violence, and Murder

Minor: Car accident

withlivjones's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad fast-paced

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

4.0

Super fast-paced and thrilling, with some fantastic worldbuilding. I always eat up plots where the MC is forced to question their entire life because they thought they were one of the good guys but they’ve been working for the villains all along. The plot has lots of twists, which were a little predictable but in a satisfying way where it feels good to put all the puzzle pieces together. I did feel like the romance was a little insta-lovey especially at first but I did enjoy the dynamic between Day and June by the end. I’m super excited to see what happens next in the trilogy. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Death of parent, Murder, Classism, and Violence

Moderate: Grief, War, and Pandemic/Epidemic

maximus_midnight's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Torture, Grief, War, Death of parent, Blood, Physical abuse, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Police brutality, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Violence

Moderate: Classism, Kidnapping, Colonisation, Cursing, Murder, and Medical content

Minor: Car accident and Child abuse

creolelitbelle's review against another edition

adventurous challenging 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

I read about 85% of this book in one day. Some of the topics - vaccines, plagues - hit closer to modern real issues than I would have liked, but the action and character relationships are riveting. Hopefully, the mystery of what happened to the USA to create the Colonies and Republic takes shape in subsequent books. The romance, while very quickly developing, makes sense with how June and Day mirror one another in their core ideologies. Like with Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard, I do anticipate reading further into the series for learning what transpires after the great chaos at the end of book one. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pandemic/Epidemic, Death, Death of parent, Gun violence, Mass/school shootings, and Violence

Moderate: Police brutality

my3bb8's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Medical trauma, War, Pandemic/Epidemic, Blood, Death, Gore, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Police brutality, Forced institutionalization, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Torture, Murder, Body horror, Drug use, Medical content, Death of parent, Classism, Terminal illness, and Physical abuse