Reviews tagging 'Mass/school shootings'

Legend by Marie Lu

6 reviews

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

miaaa_lenaaa's review against another edition

adventurous dark fast-paced

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

3.5

Lol

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Genocide, Grief, Blood, Child death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Police brutality, Violence, Mass/school shootings, and War

klubbgodis's review

adventurous challenging emotional funny lighthearted relaxing 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Death, and Mass/school shootings

Moderate: Gun violence

ghostsversion's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective medium-paced

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

3.75

Okay so initially I had this at 4⭐️ but to be fair it was three years ago and people change. Now first off why were Day and June fifteen? I mean sure, it can be a commentary of how corrupt governments force children to mature early, but at the same time I don’t think

having June be “pursued” I guess by men in their 20s was necessary. They weren’t really normalized, but they weren’t condemned either.

Anyway, I must say that the first person POV really threw me off at the beginning for some reason. Also the constant info dumping about the world building didn’t help matters. But you know as the plot moved forward, you noticed it less and less. Overall, I guess I liked this but it wasn’t like the best of the best. We shall see what the rest of this series has in store.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicidal thoughts, Police brutality, Murder, Gun violence, Gore, Mass/school shootings, Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, Death of parent, Blood, Violence, Grief, Medical trauma, and Medical content

Moderate: Pandemic/Epidemic and Child death

Minor: Car accident

creepypiespice's review against another edition

adventurous tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Gun violence, Medical content, Murder, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Police brutality, and Ableism

Moderate: Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Toxic relationship, and War

Minor: Alcohol, Car accident, and Sexual harassment

lujisa's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Violence, Mass/school shootings, and Gun violence

Minor: Torture, Police brutality, and Grief