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Lore by Alexandra Bracken

36 reviews

kayyyqgilbs's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense fast-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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Torture, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual harassment, Murder, Terminal illness, Chronic illness, Death, Death of parent, and Suicide

ankelsocks's review against another edition

dark sad tense fast-paced

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

2.0

Oof I really disliked this one. The writing is disjointed and clunky, the characterisation is random, the plot is uninteresting which is interesting giving how fast-paced the novel is. It just couldn't make me care at all. I like the premise, really, hunger games meets greek mythology should be my thang, but the Hunger Games aspect was needlessly brutal (so many incredibly gory deaths, almost all of them completely unable to serve the plot, BIG difference with HG) and the Greek mythology feels forced. I wanted to love this book and instead it annoyed the living daylights out of me. Doesn't help that the main character is a cardboard figure with a lot of rage (or sadness? Or confusion? God I don't know) and a really gruesomely murdered family (stop killing babies guys it's just ... No). I'm glad it's over. Meh.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Blood, Body horror, Cancer, Child death, Classism, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Gore, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Terminal illness, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Mental illness, and Torture

lollyr's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Gun violence, Violence, Chronic illness, Child abuse, Death, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, and Murder

dbinfet22's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore and Death of parent

Moderate: Terminal illness, Child death, Sexual assault, Chronic illness, Violence, and Classism

kyeruhh's review against another edition

adventurous tense 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? It's complicated

4.75

The only thing I would’ve preferred is if the characters had been aged up slightly (putting the MC at 20 or 21 instead of 17). Loved it otherwise.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Blood, Child death, and Death

Moderate: Chronic illness, Suicide attempt, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Misogyny

lisa_m's review against another edition

adventurous dark informative mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

Okay so this book wasn't what I expected but I loved it. I know many people especially one's who love greek mythology did not enjoy this book. I am a big mythology fan myself but I didn't have an issue with the book. There were a few times where I thought the portrayal of the gods was a but strange but nothing big enough to influence my enjoyment of the story.

The writing style was great. This is the first book I've read by Alexandra Bracken and I definitely want to read more! The Darkest Minds has been on my tbr for a while so I'm excited to read that soon :)

The ending was quite abrupt and a bit under explained imo and that's part of the reason my I didn't give it 5 stars. I genuinely enjoyed it but it just wasn't five stars for me.

Edit: After sleeping on it I decided to give it 4 instead of 5.75. There were no real plot twists and everything that was explained I had already guessed before. The things I couldn't figure out on my own weren't explained in the end which left me confused.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Cancer, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Torture, Violence, and War

Moderate: Child abuse

bloodmarked's review against another edition

the premise sounded very cool but i was not a fan of the execution, the characters’ personalities felt very inconsistent & there was so much going on all the time that what was supposed to be the actual climax didn’t feel that exciting

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Torture, Child death, Death of parent, Chronic illness, and Violence

Minor: Pedophilia and Sexual harassment

marisa_n's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful 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: Rape, Violence, Child death, Blood, Death of parent, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Chronic illness, and Cancer

Moderate: Misogyny

lindseyhall44's review against another edition

adventurous fast-paced

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

3.5

This book was different than anything I had read before, definitely a unique take on Greek Mythology!
“Lore” Follows Melora (aka Lore) through the events of the  Argon, a seven day trial every seven years where gods are forced to walk the earth as mortals. Hunters try and kill the Gods durring these seven days, because their immorality and powers are passed down to whoever wields the killing blade. 
I think what brought this book down for me was the info dump at the beginning. Throughout the novel there were many plot points that left me confused, or plot holes which I felt needed more development. Stand alone fantasy novels can be difficult in that aspect, so I appreciated the fact that it was fast paced with lovable characters.
There is a great found family dynamic as well as romance (subplot) which contrasted well with some of the darker themes.
In case anyone is interested solely on the cover, Lore is NOT a Medusa retelling, but mentions her as well as other mythical women.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Pedophilia, Murder, Death of parent, Death, Child death, Chronic illness, Torture, Terminal illness, and War

Moderate: Cursing, Ableism, and Abandonment

amelianotthepilot's review against another edition

adventurous fast-paced

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

4.0

an interesting concept with a fun plot and characters. full of greek mythology. but the ending was expected and boring

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Death of parent, Death, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, and Terminal illness