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A review by caseythereader
Legendborn by Tracy Deonn
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
inspiring
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
After her mother dies in an accident, sixteen-year-old Bree Matthews wants nothing to do with her family memories or childhood home. A residential program for bright high schoolers at UNC–Chapel Hill seems like the perfect escape—until Bree witnesses a magical attack her very first night on campus and a secret society of so called “Legendborn” students that hunt the creatures down. (via Goodreads) 📚
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📚 I am not entirely sure I can write a review for this book that isn't INCOHERENT THAT WAS SO GOOD SCREAMING. Huge thank yous everyone who championed this book.
📚 Not only does LEGENDBORN have a huge, multilayered magical world inside it, but it is using those ancient systems and societies to discuss how privilege - money, class, power - and their opposites - generational trauma, racial oppression, bigotry - get passed down under the tight control of white male elders. In addition to all this, I loved the underlying points about masculine vs. feminine power and how the world views the differences.
📚 Bree is headstrong and prickly and loving and dealing with so much internally. She's one of the most complex women I've read in a long time.
📚 Please come shout about the end with me! I will never get over how genius it is!
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Content warnings: death, grief, misogyny, physical abuse, racial slurs, racism, rape, sexism, slavery, torture, and violence.
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📚 I am not entirely sure I can write a review for this book that isn't INCOHERENT THAT WAS SO GOOD SCREAMING. Huge thank yous everyone who championed this book.
📚 Not only does LEGENDBORN have a huge, multilayered magical world inside it, but it is using those ancient systems and societies to discuss how privilege - money, class, power - and their opposites - generational trauma, racial oppression, bigotry - get passed down under the tight control of white male elders. In addition to all this, I loved the underlying points about masculine vs. feminine power and how the world views the differences.
📚 Bree is headstrong and prickly and loving and dealing with so much internally. She's one of the most complex women I've read in a long time.
📚 Please come shout about the end with me! I will never get over how genius it is!
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Content warnings: death, grief, misogyny, physical abuse, racial slurs, racism, rape, sexism, slavery, torture, and violence.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Grief, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Slavery, Torture, and Violence
Minor: Rape