Reviews tagging 'Gore'

Legendborn by Tracy Deonn

136 reviews

the_vegan_bookworm's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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

Completely lived up to the hype! If you're looking for a YA magical adventure that centers diversity and reimagines Arthurian legends in a fresh and genuinely interesting way, this is the book for you!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Racism, Blood, Sexism, Grief, and Violence

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail and Gore

Minor: Car accident and Sexual assault

bradleyj's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark 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? No

5.0

THIS IS SO GOOD. the twists and turns of the story were so excellent and kept me fully engaged. Love love love. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Kidnapping, Murder, Grief, Colonisation, Death, Blood, Racism, and Slavery

Minor: Rape and Death of parent

julee_melii's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Pregnancy, Car accident, Gore, Rape, Abandonment, Body horror, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, and Racism

Minor: Transphobia, Bullying, and Sexism

decembermagpie's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional inspiring mysterious reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Blood, Car accident, Classism, Gore, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, Racism, Sexism, War, Colonisation, Death, Death of parent, and Violence

Moderate: Confinement and Vomit

Minor: Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Slavery, Child death, Rape, and Vomit

crybabybea's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Violence, Rape, Misogyny, and Slavery

Minor: Blood and Gore

sophiesmallhands's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad slow-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Racism, and Mental illness

Moderate: Pregnancy, Child abuse, Gore, Death of parent, Violence, Abandonment, Misogyny, Injury/Injury detail, Gaslighting, Bullying, Slavery, Sexism, and Classism

Minor: Rape, Police brutality, and Car accident

qgg's review against another edition

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.25

I really liked this book. Bree is a fantastic lead character. The 16-year-old-in-college-with-wisdom-beyond-her-years-because-her-mother-died took me a bit of time, but then I got into the book and let that go. The beginning of the story is eerily similar to Cassandra Clare’s City of Bones. However, Bree still has her supportive dad, she has a therapist trying to connect her to her mom’s people and she has a whole depth to her grief that grounds her as a character. She’s not a complete Mary Sue character for much of the book. She does have an odd set of skills that make it dangerous to be her. The mystery keeps the plot moving. The romance triangle is not my thing so I can’t give this book 5 stars. I’m also not clear on how old Nick and Sel are? It might be gross. I only guessed 1/3 of the twists in the end of the book. Do not click on spoilers if you haven’t read the book!!!

I guessed that Bree would be officially legendborn through rape. I did not guess that she would be of Arthur’s line. I also did not guess that it was Nick’s dad who was opening the demon gates.

I love a book when I can’t see all of the twists coming from a mile away!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Murder, Racism, Violence, Death, Gore, Grief, Racial slurs, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, and Rape

Moderate: Colonisation and Infidelity

dailbrae's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad medium-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Gore, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Racism, Sexism, Blood, Car accident, Colonisation, Misogyny, Rape, and Slavery

Minor: Alcohol

ghostlyprince's review against another edition

emotional reflective tense slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gore, Grief, Hate crime, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Racism, Sexism, Slavery, Violence, Bullying, Child abuse, Colonisation, Death, Death of parent, and War

Moderate: Rape, Vomit, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Car accident, Kidnapping, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Alcohol, Stalking, Body shaming, Classism, and Confinement

buud_w0rm's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad 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? No

5.0

THIS WAS SO GOOD. The magic system, the ties to her ancestry?!? How is that not talked about more. I’m in shock and awe, it’s been a while since a book had me in such a choke hold. I can also definitely see why people love the love triangle cuz wow. It’s so much deeper than just a simple love triangle w the Arthurian aspect. I think tho ( and apparently this is the unpopular opinion) that Bree and Nick should be endgame. I can see Selwyns appeal and even more so after his POV at the end of the book revealing his regret for his deep seeded murderous intent on Bree and how badly he hurt Nick. I just can’t ignore how much I love the push and pull between Nick and Bree and their deep bond through time .. ugh tugs at my heart. Honestly they got it for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Racism, Violence, and War

Moderate: Grief, Gore, and Death of parent

Minor: Slavery and Vomit

AGAIN how is no one talking about how well thought out the different magic systems are in this book and their intertwining?!? The part where it’s revealed that 8th generations ago in Nick’s generation, the Scion of Arthur had a child with his slave Vera who ALSO has her own magic ( root) . Her escaping and begging for heightened abilities form the ancestors in order to protect her and her lineage ?!?! I mean incredible really. Amazing no notes.