Reviews tagging 'Racial slurs'

Lendários by Tracy Deonn

182 reviews

gagereadsstuff's review against another edition

adventurous 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Slavery, Violence, Mental illness, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Grief, Police brutality, Torture, Classism, Death, Gaslighting, Medical trauma, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Racial slurs, Car accident, Child abuse, and Rape

gabi_715's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Grief, War, and Death of parent

Moderate: Kidnapping

Minor: Racial slurs and Slavery

quel_g's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Racial slurs, Murder, Death, Slavery, Classism, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Misogyny, Bullying, Car accident, Death of parent, Racism, and Sexual violence

Minor: Child abuse, Rape, Blood, Misogyny, and Police brutality

The sheer joy it brings me knowing that these misogynistic racists most powerful lineage got passed down to only black women because of one dumbass along the way. Love

sam_gartley91's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious reflective 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

I’ve heard so many good things about Legendborn and how people loved it! Glad to get it now!!! Loved the new take on the King Arthur mythology and bringing in different groups the connection to magic/divine/dead but process and experience it in different ways. I loved the processing on grief and loss and how you learn to live with it. The magic system was something I hadn’t read before. I loved the twists and turns and the growth of many of the characters as well as calling out of prejudices and stereotypes. The ending was captivating and I can’t wait to jump into the next book! Can’t wait to see what happens next and hope they find Nick soon! Ughhh poor Bre and Sal!! Ohhhh and Will….love him. So heart broken for him. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Blood, Violence, and Death

Moderate: Slavery, Racism, Racial slurs, War, and Death of parent

Minor: Death and Car accident

richy_qu33r_readzz's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

Grief, slavery, finding the truth, mistaken identity, Persistent Complex, Bereavement, queer side characters

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Grief, Colonisation, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, and War

Moderate: Car accident

Minor: Rape

breegoux's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny inspiring mysterious reflective 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

Legendborn might just be one of the best books I've ever read. A King Aurthor retelling that focuses in on themes of generational trauma related to race, grief surrounding death, and incorporates the impacts of slavery and colonization into the mythos of the world and its magic? Amazing. Deonn created a work that for me really understands the genre of fantasy and what it really is at its core - yes magic and mythos but also social commentary and reflections through the world. It's a book that tells many stories and makes you feel each of them deeply and acutely. The characterizations were beautiful and nuanced, the character arcs were thought out and paced to perfection, and the story never let up, not even when there was "down time" in the plot. I will be thinking about this book for a long time and will be trying to convince everyone in my life to read it. I can't wait to read the sequel.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Racial slurs

samantha2267's review against another edition

emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Racism, Racial slurs, Death of parent, and Kidnapping

lydia203's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

Moderate: Racism, Death of parent, and Racial slurs

savage_97's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Racial slurs, Violence, Racism, Child death, and Death

miilk's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

3.5

Lots of side characters, lots of terms, and actual love triangle. I'll edit this later. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Grief, and Racism

Moderate: Death, Rape, Slavery, and Violence

Minor: Racial slurs