Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Legendborn by Tracy Deonn

729 reviews

peregrinwho's review against another edition

adventurous slow-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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Grief, and Death of parent

Minor: Hate crime, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Slavery, Violence, Police brutality, Kidnapping, and Injury/Injury detail

tetrootz's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Racial slurs, Blood, and Death of parent

Moderate: Body horror, Bullying, Homophobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexism, Sexual assault, Slavery, Torture, Xenophobia, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Colonisation, War, and Classism

Minor: Homophobia, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Police brutality, and Acephobia/Arophobia

themissyreads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Racism, Car accident, Death of parent, and Classism

Minor: Misogyny, Rape, Slavery, Transphobia, and Pregnancy

astridrc'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

5.0

I went in without knowing much about what the book was really about but with high expectations since I've heard so many good things about it. I was very surprised. It was better than I expected. I found such a rich, complex, interesting and original story. 
Its exploration on greef is beautiful and heartbreaking. It didn't surprise me to read the author's notes and find that, sadly, it all came from her almost identical experience.
I loved how intertwined the theme of race was within all, even much more than it was initially expected.
I also loved Bree, Nick, Sel (such an interesting, complex character) and other secondary characters (although there were many and I have to admit that at times, I couldn't match a name to a personality). Another thing I can criticize is that it was kind of hard to picture the fight scenes, but maybe that was just me. Still, this was an amazing fantasy filled with humanity and I can't wait to read the sequel.

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Content Warnings

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

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: Grief and Death of parent

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

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

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, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Slavery, Violence, and Colonisation

Minor: Rape

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

Moderate: Infidelity and 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: Death, Racism, Violence, Grief, Car accident, and Death of parent

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: Racism, Rape, Slavery, and War