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A review by rachelmerrie
Legendborn by Tracy Deonn
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
reflective
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- 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
This book frustrated me in many ways, but the generational traumas that were preventing each generation from succeeding in the next society bothered me the most. America (especially the south) may not be where we want it to be, but neglecting to acknowledge the lengths EVERY race has gone through to get to where we are today will only continue the momentum of segregation. Choosing schools, therapists, friends, clubs, etc. on race and having the inability to see people for who they are today and not what their ancestors did in the past will continue to segregate and limit us from growing TOGETHER. Terrible things happen every single day to every single race from same-raced or different-raced people, and although this creates racial biases, believing that an entire population of people think/act the same is not the way to progress.
“I cry for my ancestors, for my family, for my mother, for all of my people for the thread of death and violence forcibly woven into our blood and the resistance we had to grow to survive it. I cry for the deaths I witnessed and couldn’t stop. I’m not the chosen one. I am the product of violence. I just want to be my mother‘s daughter and my father’s. I just want to be me, but I know it will never be that simple again. I will never be that simple again. My lineages are bound together in inextricable, horrible truths, and there’s no untangling them from my destiny whether I’m ready to face it or not.”
I believe it is one thing to acknowledge and educate about past generations; and an entirely other thing to make our children believe that because of the sad realities of our generational histories, that they will never be able to break these cycles, that they should have to carry the traumas of the past in order to be tied to their lineage.
“I cry for my ancestors, for my family, for my mother, for all of my people for the thread of death and violence forcibly woven into our blood and the resistance we had to grow to survive it. I cry for the deaths I witnessed and couldn’t stop. I’m not the chosen one. I am the product of violence. I just want to be my mother‘s daughter and my father’s. I just want to be me, but I know it will never be that simple again. I will never be that simple again. My lineages are bound together in inextricable, horrible truths, and there’s no untangling them from my destiny whether I’m ready to face it or not.”
I believe it is one thing to acknowledge and educate about past generations; and an entirely other thing to make our children believe that because of the sad realities of our generational histories, that they will never be able to break these cycles, that they should have to carry the traumas of the past in order to be tied to their lineage.