Reviews tagging 'Gore'

Legendborn by Tracy Deonn

140 reviews

parchment_and_ivy's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional medium-paced

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

5.0

One of my favorite reads in 2022! I can’t wait for the sequel to come out! Some really good twists, an amazing story, and a strong main character.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore

soniajoy98's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring mysterious 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Infidelity, Rape, Forced institutionalization, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, and Classism

Minor: Child abuse, Cursing, Transphobia, and Car accident

evieolive'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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

WOW. Just wow. Beautiful writing, amazing characterisation - a masterpiece. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Death, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Slavery, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Child abuse, Infertility, Infidelity, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Rape, Sexual assault, Transphobia, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Car accident, and Murder

goldengatebridget's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Racism, Sexism, Car accident, and Death of parent

Moderate: Blood

rayreyes's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

Best book ever written. EVER.
Ever ever ever.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Racism, Slavery, Grief, Car accident, and Death of parent

Minor: Bullying, Gore, Infidelity, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Rape, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Kidnapping, Stalking, Alcohol, and Classism

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

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

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

cc0906's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark 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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Slavery, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Sexual harassment, and War

Moderate: Bullying, Gore, Rape, Kidnapping, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Pregnancy

bex_knighthunterbooks's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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

4.75

Incredible, especially for a debut! This plays with familiar tropes of the genre with a chosen one who discovers the magical world through a secret society at college, which made the story engaging and easy to follow, but with a fresh perspective and really interesting worldbuilding interweaving King Arthur myths with black culture and southern US history. My favourite elements were 

the two conflicting magic systems, and memory walking as a way to include history and the sacrifices of generations of black women especially. 

 

The story was also incredibly tightly plotted with action, twists, and reveals galore. By the point the heavy world building started with all the terminology I felt well primed and just as hungry as the main character to learn more, and the secret society gave lots of potential for mystery. There were a few tiny parts of the 'Order' functioning that I don't feel I understand but that didn't impact my enjoyment.

I loved the main character, who was wilful and strong, while also facing the complexity of her feelings around her mother's death. It was also interesting to see the world through her eyes, including the racism she faced. Some of the side characters stood out but were perhaps underutilised, especially Alice her best friend (hoping to see her more in book 2!). There were a lot of Order side characters introduced but I wasn't always able to keep track and didn't feel as much as I expected when some died, but there was good diversity in the cast in general. The main boys were interesting enough, but kept a little close to standard tropes for my liking (the golden boy: heroic, puppy-energy vs. the dark one: brooding, traumatic past), and the relationship with Nick didn't develop as steadily as I'd like jumping all too quickly to insta-love and wanting to die for each other. I hope the love triangle element isn't leant into for this series, and that more books give opportunity for the relationships to grow organically. Very excited to pick the next book up!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Death, Gore, Racial slurs, Slavery, Violence, Blood, and Car accident

Minor: Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Vomit, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

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

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

Minor: Sexual assault and Sexual violence

takarakei's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious medium-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

The beginning of the book is very confusing, I don't think the world building is done extremely well (I had to look up a lot of terminology which imo if you have to do as a reader, it should be included in the back of the book as a glossary, or they need to do a better job explaining during the world building).

I do have an inherent problem with the "demons" that they're fighting really seemingly just being animals. As an animal lover, I just have a hard time seeing inherent evil in animals especially when these ones aren't really some other kind of unreal 'monster'.

I am looking forward to seeing where this series goes. I kinda ship Bree and Sel...

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Gore, Slavery, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Racial slurs and Car accident