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Lore by Alexandra Bracken

45 reviews

cdoubet's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, War, Physical abuse, Blood, Chronic illness, Classism, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Mental illness, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Murder, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Bullying and Child death

Minor: Child abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, and Stalking

ursa_arlo's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

Positives. The concept for "Lore" is fantastic; the continued ever repeating cycle of rulers dethroned by subjects and houses that hold onto cruel traditions to have a shot at killing a god... But in practice, it was a bit of a mess. I liked some of the twists, such as spoiler 

Gill being revealed to be the original Hermes (even if his motivation for taking Lore and Miles in was very unclear and he should have been reinstated as a god for his actions).

Unfortunately, this novel was too ambitious, leaving a lot of plotholes to be filled. 

Negatives. In spite of the intriguing worldbuilding, New York feels empty. If you're going to set your story in New York, write about New York! If your character has fallen in love with this city, make us fall in love with it too! 

Rather than telling a cohesive story, it felt like the characters went from side quest to side quest which made this (500+ pages!!) book loose its tension. Relevant information was also only brought up as soon as it was relevant for the plot which took away all the fun of trying to guess where the story would go next.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Death, Child death, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Misogyny, Blood, Pedophilia, Sexual harassment, Child abuse, Sexual violence, Violence, and Sexism

Moderate: Chronic illness and Rape

Minor: Adult/minor relationship and Animal death

dealfea's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring mysterious 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

Graphic: War, Blood, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Torture, Emotional abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, and Violence

val_theburrowofstories's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Sexual assault, Blood, Sexual harassment, Sexism, Violence, Death, and Child death

Moderate: Cancer, Adult/minor relationship, and Grief

Minor: Genocide

lurille's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny tense 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? No

4.0

I loved almost everything about this book. It was such an easy read and the adventure was only a week long. The pace was to my utmost taste as well. Some holes were answered just as quick as I question if there will ever be an answer for them, while some were not i.e., I still am quite unsure why and how the Agon really started for it feels like the book greatly lacked an explanation for it—I wanted to know more, I wanted a more in-depth knowledge about the root cause of the Agon, as well as information about the gods and goddesses present in the story.

There were so much opportunities to create a deeper world on each characters—particularly Castor. I loved him ever since I first met his character, therefore, my expectations were high on the explanation of how he became a

god when he was once a sick boy who's on the verge of dying and then all things happened, he suddenly became the false Apollo

. I waited for a long time to know the explanation behind what really happened, yet I was only given a fraction of what I had expected.

Nevertheless, I loved how diverse the characters were, especially having an LGBTQIA+ couple. I also had few gasps as I read the plot twist and  honestly, nothing could have made me ready from it. 

Overall, it was good primarily because it's my cup of tea—gods and goddesses, female heroine, gays and all. I'm in for these tags haha.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death of parent, Gore, Torture, Blood, Child death, and Death

Moderate: Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Pedophilia, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Gaslighting, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, and Emotional abuse

jacq_benoit's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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: Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Blood, Sexual assault, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, and Death

Moderate: Sexism, Grief, and Death of parent

Minor: Terminal illness

elntastic's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Death, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Grief, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, and Torture

Moderate: Child death, Bullying, and Chronic illness

gen_wolfhailstorm's review against another edition

adventurous tense slow-paced

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

1.0

Buddy read with Deborah from HillsOfBooks!

<b> The Details: </b>
<i> Narrated by Fryda Wolff
Unabridged </i>

Unfortunately I struggled with this one. 
I found it hard to get into and at chapter 19 I switched to the audiobook. It got me through it quicker but it didn't increase my engagement and enjoyment of the story.

I didn't really care much for the setting. I've never read the Hunger Games before, but that sort of set up has never really interested me and this theme in modern day, but with the Ancient Greek pantheon just didn't blend well for me and felt jarring a lot of the time.

I wasn't keen on Lore as our main character. I just didn't mesh with her.

I thought it was helpful to have the '7 years earlier' flashback chapters to slowly peeter out the history before this Agon.

Gutted this one didn't do it for me. I think this is my first foray into this authors works, but I own a copy of The Darkest Minds, which I'm sure I will still try out at a later date.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, War, Violence, Child death, Sexual harassment, and Suicide

cecilie26's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful 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

4.5

Overall a fantastic book. The pace was sometimes a bit too slow but the story itself made you want to read it through. I really like that the romance hasn’t taken over the books plot like some other books tends to do. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, Grief, Cancer, Vomit, Emotional abuse, Cursing, Classism, and Ableism

sunflower_tea's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-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? It's complicated

5.0

It’s written in a personal she narrator.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Child death, Emotional abuse, Medical trauma, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Murder, Medical content, Body horror, Slavery, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, Cursing, Misogyny, Rape, Religious bigotry, Deadnaming, Suicide, Incest, Sexism, Chronic illness, Death, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Sexual violence, Bullying, Cancer, Hate crime, Sexual content, Torture, Toxic friendship, and War

Moderate: Body shaming, Car accident, Colonisation, and Adult/minor relationship