Reviews tagging 'Forced institutionalization'

Lendários by Tracy Deonn

41 reviews

zed_dog's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

Possibly the best YA novel I’ve come across. Represents systemic racism and intergenerational trauma in the magic system and the world-building, both in the literal setting and with ingenious magical symbolism. A masterpiece. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Racism, and Death of parent

Moderate: Gore and Kidnapping

Minor: Alcoholism, Rape, Slavery, Forced institutionalization, Misogyny, and Car accident

cigarettekisses's review against another edition

adventurous 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Grief, Colonisation, and Slavery

Minor: Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Forced institutionalization, Rape, Torture, and Gaslighting

libre_coffeeandpages's review against another edition

adventurous inspiring 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? No

4.5

Legendborn lived up to the hype! It was extremely engaging and I was hooked from the very beginning. I usually have difficulty staying invested with young adult novels but this one really drew in my attention. The King Arthur theme and implicitly picking apart some of the original story made me think of it in a different light. There were several times I emotionally clashed with the MC though. Sometimes reading young characters is a challenge because, well, I'm not that age anymore so I'm just like - ughhhh I understand why you feel like that but you HAVE to know there's a better ways to handle things. T-T 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Classism, Death of parent, War, Xenophobia, Blood, Grief, Murder, and Violence

Minor: Forced institutionalization, Slavery, and Homophobia

lucual20's review against another edition

adventurous dark inspiring mysterious 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Slavery, War, Racism, Violence, Death of parent, Sexism, Grief, Murder, and Death

Moderate: Forced institutionalization, Kidnapping, and Car accident

Minor: Vomit and Police brutality

errie'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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Death, Grief, Death of parent, Slavery, and Car accident

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Child abuse, Kidnapping, Sexual violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Rape

Minor: Forced institutionalization and Racial slurs

soniajoy98's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Violence, War, Slavery, Death, Blood, Death of parent, Kidnapping, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Misogyny, and Racism

Moderate: Rape, Sexual harassment, Classism, Colonisation, Forced institutionalization, and Infidelity

Minor: Car accident, Child abuse, Cursing, and Transphobia

meghansarmiento97's review against another edition

adventurous dark informative mysterious 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Pregnancy, Sexism, Slavery, Bullying, Death of parent, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Violence, and War

rayreyes's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective 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? No

5.0

Best book ever written. EVER.
Ever ever ever.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Slavery, Racism, Grief, Death of parent, Death, and Car accident

Minor: Rape, Blood, Violence, Torture, Stalking, Racial slurs, Misogyny, Kidnapping, Classism, Infidelity, Gore, Forced institutionalization, Bullying, and Alcohol

rebeccajost's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Misogyny, Death of parent, Medical content, Grief, Violence, Classism, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Murder, Car accident, Panic attacks/disorders, Bullying, Kidnapping, and Slavery

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Sexual content, Forced institutionalization, Alcohol, Rape, and Pregnancy

eldritch_archivist's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional inspiring mysterious 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Animal death, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Murder, Xenophobia, Violence, Death, Racism, Gore, Fire/Fire injury, Classism, Blood, Alcohol, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Colonisation, Kidnapping, War, Transphobia, and Medical content

Minor: Alcoholism, Forced institutionalization, Car accident, Sexual violence, Rape, Misogyny, Infidelity, Child abuse, Religious bigotry, Pregnancy, and Police brutality