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Legend by Marie Lu

65 reviews

rebeccaisabelle's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

I love the story line and the plot twists. I wanted to read more and more so that I could find out what happened which resulting made me finish the whole book in 2 days. Whilst reading the first parts of the book, I thought, "this would make a good movie, I'd watch that movie" and then I changed my mind when I read further on because I realised that

John was killed and in a very gruesome way too. If I saw that in theaters I think I would feel pretty disturbed and sad about the loss

. The characters are so young. The kind of things that they are doing at that age seems unrealistic.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Murder, War, Chronic illness, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Cultural appropriation, Death, Body horror, Death of parent, Forced institutionalization, Abandonment, Violence, Genocide, Gun violence, Grief, Medical content, Pandemic/Epidemic, Police brutality, and Torture

Moderate: Classism, Confinement, and Abandonment

bones_jackson's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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? It's complicated

5.0

Segue bem com a vibe de distopia de 2010, mas é muito bom, amei os personagens e a trama e eu quero muito saber o que vai acontecer com eles

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Physical abuse, War, Torture, Murder, Pandemic/Epidemic, Confinement, Gore, Police brutality, Car accident, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Toxic friendship, Kidnapping, Child death, Violence, Blood, Death, Vomit, Xenophobia, and Grief

chinomi's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring sad 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

Moderate: Death of parent, Violence, Gun violence, Torture, War, Death, and Blood

Minor: Alcohol

mj_86'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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, and Violence

Moderate: Torture, Gun violence, and Murder

Minor: Car accident

withlivjones's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad fast-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? No

4.0

Super fast-paced and thrilling, with some fantastic worldbuilding. I always eat up plots where the MC is forced to question their entire life because they thought they were one of the good guys but they’ve been working for the villains all along. The plot has lots of twists, which were a little predictable but in a satisfying way where it feels good to put all the puzzle pieces together. I did feel like the romance was a little insta-lovey especially at first but I did enjoy the dynamic between Day and June by the end. I’m super excited to see what happens next in the trilogy. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Death of parent, Murder, Classism, and Violence

Moderate: Grief, War, and Pandemic/Epidemic

terrywho'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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

Besides the relationship being a bit too insta-lovey for my taste this was a lot better than what I remember from my YA dystopia phase back in 2014. The world is pretty basic but Day is a charming protagonist and I did like how much they committed to the deaths in the book. Let’s see if I actually finish the trilogy this time

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Death, Gun violence, and Injury/Injury detail

queer_bookwyrm's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

3.5

3.5 ⭐ CW: gun violence, police violence, torture, death of a child, death of a parent, sickness

Legend by Marie Lu is book one in the Legend trilogy. This was a YA dystopian scifi about a fractured America. I typically like dystopian novels and this author, but this one didn't do it for me. I didn't really love the characters, there wasn't quite enough world-building, and the plot was super predictable. 

We follow Day, a boy living on the streets of the Republic doing a Robin Hood kind of thing and causing trouble for the military and government. The Republic's poorest districts are riddled with plague, and when Day tries to break into a hospital to steal a cure for his sick brother, already the most wanted criminal, he becomes embroiled in a plot that tangles him with June. June is a prodigy, and when her brother is killed she is given the task of finding the killer, Day. 

While under cover, June gets to know Day, but still gets him caught by the military. They both realize that there is more going on than meets the eye. June realizes that maybe her government isn't as innocent as it seems. As I said, this plot was pretty predictable. I knew where it was going the whole time, so the twists lost their impact. The romance also didn't do it for me. It was kind of insta love, and shallow at that. I just don't think the story was well executed. 

I don't think I'll continue the series. This was a disappointment, considering I loved a couple of Lu's other books. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Police brutality, Child death, Death of parent, Gun violence, Torture, and Terminal illness

maximus_midnight's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Torture, Grief, War, Death of parent, Blood, Physical abuse, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Police brutality, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Violence

Moderate: Classism, Kidnapping, Colonisation, Cursing, Murder, and Medical content

Minor: Car accident and Child abuse

creolelitbelle's review against another edition

adventurous challenging 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

I read about 85% of this book in one day. Some of the topics - vaccines, plagues - hit closer to modern real issues than I would have liked, but the action and character relationships are riveting. Hopefully, the mystery of what happened to the USA to create the Colonies and Republic takes shape in subsequent books. The romance, while very quickly developing, makes sense with how June and Day mirror one another in their core ideologies. Like with Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard, I do anticipate reading further into the series for learning what transpires after the great chaos at the end of book one. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pandemic/Epidemic, Death, Death of parent, Gun violence, Mass/school shootings, and Violence

Moderate: Police brutality

my3bb8's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Medical trauma, War, Pandemic/Epidemic, Blood, Death, Gore, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Police brutality, Forced institutionalization, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Torture, Murder, Body horror, Drug use, Medical content, Death of parent, Classism, Terminal illness, and Physical abuse