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Lore by Alexandra Bracken

73 reviews

kryan1's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Trafficking, Torture, Violence, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Sexism, Religious bigotry, Pedophilia, Misogyny, Murder, Grief, Gore, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, and Adult/minor relationship

Moderate: Terminal illness, Cancer, and Homophobia

jennvreads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark tense fast-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cancer, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Grief, Murder, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Torture, and Violence

dominikag's review against another edition

adventurous 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? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death of parent, and Torture

Moderate: Sexual assault

Minor: Terminal illness

avabanana's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful 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

I loved it so much! its one of my new favorite books, the greek mythology references were great, and i felt so proud whenever I realized what they meant, sometimes I got a little confused about someone's motive for doing something, but I do tend to read too fast and sometimes accidentally skip lines so that's probably on me, and I was able to figure it out once I kept reading

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gore, Murder, and Violence

Minor: Cancer and Torture

dez_blair's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense slow-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? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child death, Death, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Grief, Misogyny, and Torture

Minor: Cancer, Rape, and Sexual assault

stardustandrockets's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Murder, Sexism, and Violence

Moderate: Blood and Torture

Minor: Cancer

kateivy's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

4.0

As soon as I heard this book pitched at "Greek mythology mixed with Hunger Games," I was sold. And, for the most part, I throughly enjoyed this novel! 

For me, the two main characters (Lore and Castor) felt a bit flat. I couldn't buy their chemistry, either. But, I didn't hate reading about them.

The ending was a bit convoluted, however that could easily be because I struggle to read action scenes. 

All in all, I enjoyed this book and want to pick up more by this author! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Child death, Death of parent, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Pedophilia

aba1802's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

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

3.5

Sadly, this didn't live up to my expectations.
I was loving most of it, but then that one plot twist was revealed,,, and i just, fell out of love. :((( damn, i feel so sad, I really, really wanted to love this. 
I hope I change my opinion with time tho,, 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Misogyny, Murder, Sexism, and Torture

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

beersbooksandbooos's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny 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

4.5

 I loved this book and I couldn’t stop reading. Though the start was a little slow but once it got going it didn’t stop. At first I didn’t think I would like Lore but as the book went on I fell in love with her. She wasn’t like the typical young adult heroine where they are all about them. She listened to her friends and didn’t really do that much stupid stuff. Though I do have to say Miles and Van were my two favorite characters. Alexandra Bracken wrote the perfect blend of the old Greek myth with a modern day setting. Her writing was easy to follow and get into. I will be recommending this to all my friends. Thank you Netgalley and Hyperion for letting read and review this book. 

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Gore, Grief, Medical trauma, Medical content, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Torture, and Violence