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Lore by Alexandra Bracken

96 reviews

kailot's review against another edition

adventurous dark fast-paced

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

This is, quite frankly, just a poorly written book. Not like problematic or anything, just a poor example of the craft of storytelling

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexism

kirstenf's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Child death, Child abuse, Grief, Gore, Blood, Murder, Violence, Sexual assault, Sexism, and Physical abuse

Minor: Adult/minor relationship and Suicidal thoughts

mrt17's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Child death, Fire/Fire injury, Blood, Violence, Death of parent, Grief, Cancer, Death, Misogyny, Sexism, and Murder

Minor: Sexual harassment, Rape, Sexual violence, and Sexual assault

marareading's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful 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

3.5

I was unsure how I felt about this until about halfway. It is a great take on the ancient Gods and myths. I liked the way it intertwined our reality with the legends. It wasn't until about halfway through that I felt like the twists and intrigue picked up enough for me to get really into it. 

Lore escaped a world where the Gods aren't legends. The Agon comes every 7 years. Kill a God, take their power. Her family was killed in that world of constant fighting for power and finding death. She has been trying to avoid it. Now a God comes to her for help and she has to decide if she wants to avenge her family. 

There are so many secrets and a lot of twists. The twists in the latter half of the book are what saved it for me. I got really into it with the brutal combat, the deadly encounters,  intense secrets, and major twists. I loved how much the twists changed the story. One secret chabges everything. A really good take on mythology for me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, Grief, Murder, Terminal illness, Gore, Kidnapping, Sexism, Misogyny, Violence, Death of parent, Child death, War, Cancer, and Stalking

Minor: Sexual assault

rose_k's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Murder, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Sexism, Vomit, Gore, Medical content, War, and Child death

A homosexual relationship is discussed in the book a little.

soswiin's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

2.0

it was so boring. the characters were unloveable. it was unbearable 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Misogyny, Murder, Sexual assault, Trafficking, Adult/minor relationship, Gore, Sexism, and Child death

readingelli's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense 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? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Blood

Moderate: Death of parent, Sexism, Sexual assault, Rape, Fire/Fire injury, and Child death

Minor: Terminal illness

briely's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death of parent, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Murder, and Sexism

lisa_m's review against another edition

adventurous dark informative mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Okay so this book wasn't what I expected but I loved it. I know many people especially one's who love greek mythology did not enjoy this book. I am a big mythology fan myself but I didn't have an issue with the book. There were a few times where I thought the portrayal of the gods was a but strange but nothing big enough to influence my enjoyment of the story.

The writing style was great. This is the first book I've read by Alexandra Bracken and I definitely want to read more! The Darkest Minds has been on my tbr for a while so I'm excited to read that soon :)

The ending was quite abrupt and a bit under explained imo and that's part of the reason my I didn't give it 5 stars. I genuinely enjoyed it but it just wasn't five stars for me.

Edit: After sleeping on it I decided to give it 4 instead of 5.75. There were no real plot twists and everything that was explained I had already guessed before. The things I couldn't figure out on my own weren't explained in the end which left me confused.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Cancer, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Torture, Violence, and War

Moderate: Child abuse

onehiphippo's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexism

Minor: Rape