Reviews tagging 'Torture'

Legendborn by Tracy Deonn

57 reviews

tahsintries's review against another edition

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Slavery, and Racism

Moderate: Rape and Colonisation

Minor: Pregnancy, Torture, and Child abuse

rainbowshelves's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring mysterious 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

5.0

This rocked my world. This explores power, privilege and duty. It tackles grief and trauma. The balance of the legacy of the past against hope for the future. All with the backdrop of Arthurian legend. Yeah. Read it. Immediately. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Racism, Slavery, and Grief

Moderate: Death of parent, Gore, Rape, Sexual violence, Torture, Blood, and Medical content

Minor: Vomit and Child abuse

peachani's review

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

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

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

kylieqrada's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring 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

5.0

Review to come.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Car accident, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Kidnapping, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Grief, Murder, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Violence, and Torture

Minor: Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, and Domestic abuse

vicki's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

It's been a while since a book grabbed me like this one did. It's modern without losing the root of the legends being told and certainly a take on the legacy of Arthur I've never seen before. Magic, mystery and romance, an emotional rollercoaster.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Racism, Slavery, and Violence

Minor: Ableism, Bullying, Torture, Sexual violence, Rape, Racial slurs, Medical content, and Cursing

lauraeerika's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

• 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Grief, Slavery, Racial slurs, and Racism

Moderate: Xenophobia, Medical content, Mental illness, Torture, Medical trauma, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Sexual content, Sexism, and Alcoholism

Best mother daughter relationships I’ve read in a book

caseythereader's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny inspiring mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

 After her mother dies in an accident, sixteen-year-old Bree Matthews wants nothing to do with her family memories or childhood home. A residential program for bright high schoolers at UNC–Chapel Hill seems like the perfect escape—until Bree witnesses a magical attack her very first night on campus and a secret society of so called “Legendborn” students that hunt the creatures down. (via Goodreads) 📚
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📚 I am not entirely sure I can write a review for this book that isn't INCOHERENT THAT WAS SO GOOD SCREAMING. Huge thank yous everyone who championed this book.
📚 Not only does LEGENDBORN have a huge, multilayered magical world inside it, but it is using those ancient systems and societies to discuss how privilege - money, class, power - and their opposites - generational trauma, racial oppression, bigotry - get passed down under the tight control of white male elders. In addition to all this, I loved the underlying points about masculine vs. feminine power and how the world views the differences.
📚 Bree is headstrong and prickly and loving and dealing with so much internally. She's one of the most complex women I've read in a long time.
📚 Please come shout about the end with me! I will never get over how genius it is!
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Content warnings: death, grief, misogyny, physical abuse, racial slurs, racism, rape, sexism, slavery, torture, and violence. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Slavery, Torture, and Violence

Minor: Rape