Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Legendborn - Der geheime Bund by Tracy Deonn

744 reviews

hayreading's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious 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? Yes

4.0

It's great, for what it is. An easy read and cleanser. A bit too young for me, but it has important messaging. Minus points for the sort of love triangle.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Violence, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, and Colonisation

parmnoodles's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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

4.0

This gets a solid 4.75/5 ⭐️s from me. Such a fun story, definitely recommend for anyone who enjoys YA and/or fantasy. Read this during a busy time of my life so I wish I made more time to read it, I really liked it and I cannot wait to devour the second one the way the first one deserved!

Rereading my review a couple months later, dropping to a 4 star due to not remembering much at all whoops

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief

piprigsby's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Racism, Sexism, Slavery, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Transphobia and Car accident

alexiconic's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious 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

5.0

legendborn manages to be a great action-filled book that made me turn the pages as fast as i could and have a main character that struggles, has feelings she is processing, and side characters that were fun and (mostly) different. it has a serious message and bree is struggling with the real questions of coming of age, but she is also in love, and she does badass magical things. it was great fun all the way through. 

i don’t know if this is a perfect book.

i am on the fence about the sel/nick/bree relationships, for example, and was afraid for a long portion that it would be a typical “she falls for the blond good guy but now here is a dark mysterious hottie and she will go for him” situation. buuuut it feels like that is a misread of the situation - the three have complicated relationships with each other (and really each other person). sel is bound to nick, has loved nick, nick and bree are in love, but bree is also in a unique relationship with sel because of their ancestors.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Racism, Sexism, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

baileymalaylee's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

5.0

the CHOKEHOLD this had on me

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Racism, and Grief

katdotniche's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful fast-paced

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

5.0

This is the second time I've read this book, I managed to get a hold of the sequel recently and realised that I needed a recap of what happened in this one first. It was amazing the first time, I devoured it in one sitting and I did the same this time. It is genuinely one of the best books I have read in a while, definitely a 5 star read and I would recommend this to anyone from older middle-grade, right up to adults. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Racism, Slavery, Grief, Death of parent, and Classism

Moderate: Body horror, Death, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, Kidnapping, Car accident, Death of parent, Alcohol, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

mae_dexter_author's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional informative inspiring mysterious sad tense slow-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 audiobook was absolutely amazing! I was never a huge fan of the legend of King Arthur. But WOW this audiobook changed that for sure. There is so much going on in this story it’s hard to talk about without spoiling. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Grief, and War

Moderate: Racial slurs, Racism, and Death of parent

Minor: Rape and Slavery

nesscress's review against another edition

adventurous emotional sad tense slow-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Death of parent

sh3s_a_rebel's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious reflective sad 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Slavery, Torture, and Grief

emma6544's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted sad 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Racial slurs, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Medical content, and War

Minor: Bullying