Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

Legend by Marie Lu

52 reviews

brooke_pearson's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious fast-paced

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

3.0

I liked the characters decently and loved the idea for the plot, but the writing is pretty bad. For example, I understand that June and Day are supposed to be smart, but it gets to a point where it's annoying how  quickly they solve things. There are also some parts where it's super analytical and boring (not a direct quote, just an example of a similar scene: "We were moving at x feet per second. We needed to travel x feet. But the 23 soldiers were moving faster than us, and they'd catch up to us at x feet.")

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Medical trauma, Murder, Torture, Death, Blood, Gun violence, Death of parent, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Medical content

Minor: Car accident and Cursing

ernis's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense fast-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

4.75

Great read! I found a couple of select scenes were too gory for me but overall it was an enjoyable and intriguing story and likeable characters.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gore, Gun violence, and Violence

lcravella's review against another edition

emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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

5.0

This book was very fun to read. But it was sad. The characters were very well explained in this book. Lots of action in it. So if you want a very good book to read read this one.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Death of parent, Death, War, Blood, Gun violence, and Violence

Moderate: Child death, Death, War, Gore, Blood, and Death of parent

Minor: Hate crime, Gore, Blood, Death, Gun violence, and Death of parent

no

psnchz'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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Classism, Police brutality, Gun violence, Forced institutionalization, Violence, and Torture

moonvcmll's review against another edition

challenging mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Police brutality and Gun violence

Minor: Car accident and Death of parent

tania_mybookishsecret's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, Death of parent, Blood, Gun violence, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: War

Minor: Car accident

haley49's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring tense fast-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? Yes

5.0

I loved everything about this book from the pacing to the characters to the plot. The only nitpicks I have are about gaps in world building and that emotional beats aren’t given the space to have lasting impact but I think that’s just the fast paced narrative. I can’t wait to read the next book(s).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, Murder, Death of parent, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Genocide, Blood, Car accident, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Physical abuse, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Abandonment, Police brutality, Torture, Child death, Forced institutionalization, Medical trauma, and War

seren's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious 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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death of parent, Gore, Grief, Police brutality, Gun violence, Violence, Death, Injury/Injury detail, War, and Classism

bookishchef's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Blood, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Child death, Pandemic/Epidemic, War, Torture, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Murder, Police brutality, and Death of parent

Minor: Vomit, Colonisation, and Confinement

jfield351's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Reread for the millionth time. Love this book and so glad I picked it up at an op shop one day in 2015 because now it’s one of my favourites ever🫶🏼

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Murder, Grief, War, Police brutality, Violence, Gun violence, Death, Death of parent, Classism, and Injury/Injury detail