Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Legendborn by Tracy Deonn

554 reviews

sydcreads's review against another edition

adventurous slow-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

Moderate: Violence

Minor: Death of parent and Grief

some_random_person_hi's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Kinda wattpad-y at some points and some characters & characterisations remind me so much of Heroes of Olympus that I wouldn't be surprised if this was originally riordanverse fanfic/ the author is a fan. 
All in all, very gripping once past the first 50 pages -> I binged this. I love the characters so much + the exploration of how historical institutions are hostile to POC (esp in USA) stood out to me. 
Had some flaws (

Sel's monologue at Nick's dad's house just felt like infodumping

  + so many characters they're hard to remember + sometimes the writing just felt clunky) but I greatly enjoyed it so 5 stars it is.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Grief

Moderate: Abandonment, Blood, Death of parent, Gore, Forced institutionalization, Death, Slavery, Bullying, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, War, and Racism

Minor: Misogyny, Murder, Kidnapping, Rape, Alcohol, Car accident, Colonisation, Stalking, Transphobia, Self harm, Confinement, and Torture

Self harm is not in the mental health issues way but the for blood way.

chelseanaylor's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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? Yes

4.0

This was a beautiful story about finding your own identity while also embracing your history. I enjoyed Bree's development through the story, especially the processing of her grief. 

I LOVED the reimagining of the King Arthur myth and how Deonn crafted such a unique and enthralling world! I cannot wait to read book 2. 


I do think the author bogged the reader down with so many characters and nicknames (Sarah doesn't need to be shortened to Sar) with fairly surface level development; the cast of characters was necessary because of the premise, but of the dozen or so side characters few of them felt well -rounded or like they existed beyond the scenes they were in. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Death of parent, and Grief

Moderate: Violence, Colonisation, and Slavery

Minor: Rape

pgmoon's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny inspiring medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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: War, Slavery, Violence, and Racism

racquelmae's review against another edition

adventurous tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gore and Violence

Minor: Racism and Slavery

midnightverde's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective tense 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

5.0

Amazing! There is so much happening in the book and there are so many questions you ask yourself as you’re reading. I absolutely loved this and am eager to read the next books in the series. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Pregnancy, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Blood, Gaslighting, Murder, Racism, Slavery, Colonisation, Emotional abuse, Grief, Classism, Gore, Bullying, Violence, Death, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Mental illness, and Misogyny

Moderate: Infidelity and Rape

nanci's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense slow-paced

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

2.5

This book feels like it’s in need of some tighter editing for continuity, as well as reworking the overwhelming amount of telling instead of showing. There are a lot of good ideas and the magic system is interesting but I couldn’t articulate how it works to you after having read it because it’s confusing. Likely won’t be picking up the second book in the series. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore

Moderate: Violence

Minor: Rape

stripy_gloves's review against another edition

adventurous emotional informative 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

alsira98's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark tense fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Grief

Moderate: War, Slavery, Racism, and Rape

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Death, Blood, Grief, Violence, Death of parent, Rape, Classism, and Racism

Moderate: Sexual violence, Infidelity, Slavery, Car accident, Misogyny, Sexual assault, and War