Reviews tagging 'Religious bigotry'

Legendborn - Der geheime Bund by Tracy Deonn

13 reviews

starccato's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Infidelity, Racial slurs, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Vomit, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Minor: Transphobia and Religious bigotry

chellcake's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious reflective 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Death, Racism, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Car accident, Death of parent, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Cursing, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Racial slurs, Rape, Sexism, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, and Religious bigotry

peachani's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

I loved this book. It's not the same old, tired YA fantasy despite involving Arthurian legend. I especially appreciate the way grief and institutional racism were handled.

The only thing I am wary of is a potential relationship that could happen in the next book (sincerely hope it doesn't).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Racism, Slavery, Violence, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body horror, Bullying, Gore, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Xenophobia, Blood, Medical content, Religious bigotry, War, and Classism

Minor: Body shaming, Child abuse, Confinement, Infertility, Infidelity, Rape, Torture, Vomit, Kidnapping, Car accident, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Dysphoria