Reviews tagging 'Car accident'

Legendborn by Tracy Deonn

401 reviews

julee_melii's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Pregnancy, Car accident, Gore, Rape, Abandonment, Body horror, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, and Racism

Minor: Transphobia, Bullying, and Sexism

saraseisolieb's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Car accident and Mental illness

Minor: Slavery, Sexual assault, Death, Death of parent, Racism, and Pregnancy

cardcaptorzolu's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny inspiring 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Minor: Physical abuse, Slavery, Car accident, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Violence, and Sexism

emkplatts's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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? No

4.5

I liked this book way more than I expected!!! It was so good! I love King Arthur retellings/adaptations, so I was pleasantly surprised when I started this book. My only critique is that I wanted more exploration of her powers and identity, but I'm hopeful that will come in the rest of the series. I also found the magic system a bit confusing with all of the medieval terms and rules etc. I thought the book discussed race and gender really thoughtfully. It integrated those real life elements into the fantastical world beautifully. It had a lot of important discourse woven into the fabric of the story, making it was easy to process. Which I felt was especially important for younger readers. I'm super excited to read the sequel and anxiously awaiting the third book to be released!

also my merthur heart is singing

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Misogyny, War, Violence, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Classism, Sexual violence, War, Violence, Slavery, Kidnapping, Death, and Car accident

Minor: Rape, Transphobia, Pregnancy, Murder, Kidnapping, and Colonisation

decembermagpie's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional inspiring mysterious reflective sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Car accident, Classism, Gore, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, Racism, Sexism, War, Colonisation, Death, Death of parent, and Violence

Moderate: Confinement and Vomit

Minor: Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Slavery, Child death, Rape, and Vomit

savvyrosereads's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious reflective 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? No

5.0

Rating: 5/5 stars

After Bree’s mother is killed in a car accident, she finds herself tangled up in a secret Arthurian society at UNC.

Before this year I hadn’t read a single Arthurian inspired fantasy, and now I’ve read two and I’m coming to the conclusion that I love them. This book was SO good—the world building is incredibly intricate but still manages to be accessible, and the plot had me actually gasping by the end.

In fantasy, it’s almost always the characters that are make or break for me, and I really enjoyed the characters here—especially both Nick and Sel. This is one of the rare times you’ll find me ALL THE WAY IN on a love triangle, and I can’t wait to get to Bloodmarked and see how things continue to play out.

Thanks to some awesome friends for buddy reading with me!

Recommended to anyone, but especially if you like: Arthurian myths; well-done representation; love triangles

CW: Death of parent; grief; racism/slavery; lots of death/blood/injury; mentions of sexual violence

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Racial slurs, Racism, and Slavery

Moderate: Car accident, Rape, Sexual violence, and Violence

notsobinaryart's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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: Grief, Misogyny, Racism, Violence, Sexism, Death of parent, Death, Murder, and Slavery

Moderate: Car accident, Classism, Colonisation, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Sexual violence, Torture, Transphobia, Rape, and Sexual assault

Minor: Alcohol, Homophobia, and Medical content

sophiesmallhands's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad slow-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

Graphic: Grief, Racism, and Mental illness

Moderate: Pregnancy, Child abuse, Gore, Death of parent, Violence, Abandonment, Misogyny, Injury/Injury detail, Gaslighting, Bullying, Slavery, Sexism, and Classism

Minor: Rape, Police brutality, and Car accident

unicornofthesea's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious 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: Murder, Classism, Death of parent, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Blood, Sexism, and Racism

Minor: Medical content, Rape, Car accident, Abandonment, Kidnapping, Pregnancy, and Slavery

bimess_'s review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

Loved the narration though I had to speed it up a bit. 

The story captivated me but sometimes it made me put it away. Loved the magic systems introduced in this story. Bree's grief struck a personal cord of mine. And it made it difficult to read sometimes. Anyway, the plot twists didn't really feel like twists? But it still surprised me 🤭 

Sometimes I thought if I was really reading YA. 

But it was good. I would've given it five stars. 

But the idea of Sel and Bree together nauseates me. Considering how abusive he was at the beginning. And everything changes because what? A connection between king and merlin? lol hell nah.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Racism, War, Misogyny, Slavery, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Car accident and Transphobia