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Lore by Alexandra Bracken

33 reviews

ngm'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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, War, Torture, Gore, Sexual assault, Terminal illness, Sexism, Rape, Physical abuse, Misogyny, Injury/Injury detail, and Death of parent

Minor: Cancer

frog777's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring 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

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Sexual assault, Rape, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, and Chronic illness

sweyra's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Violence, Torture, Terminal illness, Sexual harassment, Sexism, Religious bigotry, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Murder, Misogyny, Medical trauma, Medical content, Kidnapping, Gore, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Death, Chronic illness, Child death, Child abuse, Cancer, Bullying, and Blood

Minor: Vomit

redthistle's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny hopeful inspiring 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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Grief, Medical content, Misogyny, Murder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, and Violence

meloanpmc's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.5

This story is essentially The Hunger Games meets Percy Jackson meets Scythe. It’s one of those books that you can’t put down, but once you finish it, you realize that it wasn’t that great. The suspense keeps you reading and helps you forget a lot of the inconsistencies, but after the (subpar) resolution, you’re left wondering why you were so enthralled. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Murder, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Cancer, Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, and Sexual assault

nebraskanwriter's review against another edition

adventurous emotional medium-paced

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

2.5

 Every seven years, the Agon begins. As punishment for a past rebellion, nine Greek gods are forced to walk the earth as mortals, hunted by the descendants of ancient bloodlines, all eager to kill a god and seize their divine power and immortality. Our main character, Lore, wants nothing more to run away and hide from the Agon that took away her family and changed her life forever. But when a wounded Athena comes to her for help and offers to take down the man that killed Lore’s family, she has to make the decision to step out the shadows and claim her right to the Agon. 

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Growing up reading the Percy Jackson series, this book piqued my interests immensely. It reminded me of the Hunger Games in a way, immortality being the goal after one kills a god. There were so many things that I wanted to love about this book but the deeper we got into Lore’s story, the background story of the other characters and the hunt for Lore’s family’s killer, the more I became disconnected from the story. 

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There was nothing inherently wrong with the story and it was very action-packed, high stakes and engaging but there were lots of little things the characters said or did and the direction the book began to take that over all just took me out of the story. I loved the concept of this novel but the lack of execution/explanations just left me confused and disconnected. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Physical abuse and Sexual assault

scoutfinch75's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

This book is stunning. It was amazing to get to know Lore and go on this epic journey with her. Such an original story and I love Greek Mythology!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Physical abuse, and Violence

Moderate: Child death

Minor: Rape

leahjanespeare's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective 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? It's complicated

4.5

We all need more standalones in the world, yay! I’m just gonna be really straightforward and say if you loved Percy Jackson as a kid, this is kinda like that but much more violent and a little less humorous BUT it has a nice side of snarky gods. I did find myself bookmarking a number of quotable sections that had me reflecting a bit about friendship and weapon choices, and war— you know those weekend time-passers. This is a story of finding belonging in a harsh (brutal, masochistic) community, testing loyalties, believing in friends, and most importantly reckoning with past mistakes—so there’s like 5% romance which I also loved to see the focus slide away from. It’s super fast paced with lots of twists—an ideal book to get you out of a book slump. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Terminal illness, Sexism, Physical abuse, and Gore

Minor: Sexual assault

_forestofpages's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

If you enjoyed The Hunger Games and Red Rising, you will likely enjoy this. I think the plot is not as tight as the other too and the pacing isn't great. It was not the book for me, but I would recommend it to people who enjoy battle and strategy with Greek myths and romance.

There were one or two more things I didn't love. Specifically the end battle which was not as epic as I expected. The two major twists which were totally predictable to me, and the fact that Lore could not shut up about how pretty Cas was every second they were together.

I liked it, but won't be re-reading it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Death, and Grief

Moderate: Child death, Cursing, Death of parent, Gun violence, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Violence

Minor: Bullying

katsudonburi's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional medium-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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Torture, Physical abuse, Murder, and Misogyny

Moderate: Sexual assault and Terminal illness