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Lore by Alexandra Bracken

kimcat's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

amba124's review against another edition

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

3.5

It was slow at first and there were a lot of times where I didn’t know what was happening or why ppl were fighting but towards the end it got really action-y and the ending made me feel empty because I binged read it

nickiitay's review against another edition

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3.0

Picture The Hunger Games, but nine of the tributes are Greek Gods and Goddesses (Apollo, Artemis, Ares, Athena, Hermes, Dionysus, Aphrodite, Poseidon and Hephaestus). Every seven years they're forced into mortal bodies and cast down to Earth to compete in the Agon for seven days. While these Olympians are in this vulnerable state, mortal descendants of the great Greek heroes are given the opportunity to hunt them down and attain their immortal powers, achieving kleos, divine glory.

Do you ever read a book and think to yourself I wanna snatch the plot line from the author and write a book this plot deserves because it just went no where?! That is exactly how I felt reading the second half of Lore. I thought I could deal with the urban fantasy aspect of it (the Agon for this cycle is held in New York City) but it really took away from the story. I think this would've been an absolute BANGER of a book if it had taken place during the Roman Empire and had been one of the third or fourth cycles of the Agon. That way the hero bloodlines would've had time to produce mortal descendants and the Gods/Goddesses would've had to compete in the familiar lands of antiquity.

amandaburstedt's review against another edition

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

3.0

chuchireads's review against another edition

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slow-paced

2.5

Another overhyped book

nanzi38's review against another edition

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5.0

Wow! I absolutely loved this book! It also really did feel like it was kind of like the Hunger Games! My heart hurt for Lore and all that she suffered but I will say, that ending made heart smile! She deserved a great ending! Van got on my nerves but Castor and Miles, I adored! Was an awesome read!

indigoblue777's review against another edition

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3.0

3 stars.
This reminded me of a very gory Percy Jackson/Hunger Games adventure. Some some of the logic confused me
Spoiler I still don't understand how Athena faked her oath to Lore. Maybe Athena didn't use the right verbiage on purpose and Lore just didn't realize? That still seems fishy.
Also, the romances were not interesting. I liked Lore and Castor, but they were missing a spark, especially from Lore.
Spoiler Lore's first kiss with Casper felt like it came out of nowhere.

Also :)
Spoiler The entire time Athena was telling Lore "You have so much anger" and "It's okay to fight and kill because you're a warrior" I was picturing her dressed as Emperor Palpatine saying "Yesssss, feel your anger and hatred! Come to the dark side of the Force!"

linzthebookworm's review against another edition

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4.0

I was unaware that I needed a mesh of Percy Jackson and The Hunger Games, but that's the best way I can describe Lore. If you are into these two series, I'd definitely check this book out. It's an interesting twist on Greek Mythology and I really enjoyed Lore as a character. There's a lot of action and some romance (friends to lovers trope.)

For my entire review check out: https://linzthebookworm.blogspot.com/2022/05/book-review-lore-by-alexandra-bracken.html

emelincamargo's review against another edition

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adventurous slow-paced

2.0

The book is not bad.. I just didn’t got so into it as I expected.
Romance is the best friends to lovers kind (I don’t particularly like this type) and to be honest there wasn’t much romance at all. The MC needs more self esteem and self confidence. 
Her story is touching and sad, and the universe is interesting, but it didn’t catch me 

alguienmescucha's review against another edition

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3.0

Uffff. Primero que nada, este libro es un 2,5/5. Contiene una gran idea. De hecho, estaba súper emocionada de leerlo. Pero se hace dennnso. Creo que la autora no supo ejecutar bien la idea que tenía en la cabeza, y el libro se queda a medias en muchos sentidos.

Desde escenas sin sentido, momentos de bipolaridad entre personajes, y esa falta de ALGO que me enganche durante las primeras 350 páginas... digamos que este libro fue un parto de dos semanas y media.

Me enganchó, sí... en la página 350. Y después de 100 páginas me perdió de nuevo. Si no fuera porque leí este libro junto a un grupo de mujeres que amo, no habría podido terminarlo.

Creo que el tema principal está en el desarrollo de ideas. Si va a haber romance, ok, pero desarrollalo bien. Si va a haber acción y suspenso, perfecto, pero fijate en qué medida y en qué momento.

Algo bueno de este libro, Miles. Mi favorito desde siempre, se merece todo lo bueno que le pase.

Esperaba más, y ahora estoy decepcionada. Pero lo terminé y eso es lo importante.

En esta ocasión, elegí este libro como parte del desafío mensual de la Copa de las Casas en Instagram, como orgullosa leona (vamos Gryff!). La tarea, además de leer, era relacionar el libro con una canción, y realizar un collage. La canción que elegí fue Dust Bowl Dance, de Mumford and Sons.

No sólo consiedero que ésta es una de las mejores y más infravaloradas canciones de la banda, sino que se relaciona de taantas maneras con el libro, que podría escribir un ensayo completo. La canción habla de un chico de 16 años, abandonado a la violencia en la que vive. El chico se sabe culpable de mucho, y todavía está dispuesto a más, todo con tal de escapar.

Identifico muchas similitudes con Lore, la protagonista de la historia, también sola en el mundo y envuelta en un manto de violencia. La canción, en un momento, hasta menciona que su enemigo va a "rezarle a ese dios que siempre negó". Y si esa mención a la religión (sea cual sea) no tiene que ver con el libro, yo soy un cerdo con alas.

Más allá de eso, el tono y el ritmo de la canción son muy reminiscentes a la historia, y por esto terminé eligiendo esta canción, que amo, para comparar con este libro.