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A review by eve_reads
Lore by Alexandra Bracken
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
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? It's complicated
3.0
Overall Thoughts:
⁕ The schematics of the bloodlines, family relations, and transfer of powers was so convoluted to me for such a large portion of the book. The chart provided helped a little bit but not entirely.
⁕ The plot is quest-based and driven more by physical action than character emotion and development. Consequently, the main heroes fell flat.
⁕ My favorite scene involved one of the Gods talking about her experience as a women and one of the only remaining "old gods." It was a perspective that we don't usually get in modern day retellings of Greek mythology and one of the strongest moments of emotional vulnerability in the book.
⁕ Yes, there were some plot twists. No, I did not see them coming.
⁕ The schematics of the bloodlines, family relations, and transfer of powers was so convoluted to me for such a large portion of the book. The chart provided helped a little bit but not entirely.
⁕ The plot is quest-based and driven more by physical action than character emotion and development. Consequently, the main heroes fell flat.
⁕ My favorite scene involved one of the Gods talking about her experience as a women and one of the only remaining "old gods." It was a perspective that we don't usually get in modern day retellings of Greek mythology and one of the strongest moments of emotional vulnerability in the book.
⁕ Yes, there were some plot twists. No, I did not see them coming.
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Content Warnings
Graphic: Gore, Violence, Death, and War
Moderate: Medical trauma, Death of parent, and Child death
Minor: Pedophilia and Sexual assault