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Legend by Marie Lu

17 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

achay91's review

emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Child abuse and Grief

Minor: Car accident

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

sammymilfort's review against another edition

dark informative reflective tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Body horror, Classism, Confinement, Violence, Gun violence, Medical content, Torture, Child abuse, Colonisation, Death of parent, Gore, Grief, Medical trauma, Blood, and Physical abuse

Minor: Car accident

avocados_from_mexico's review against another edition

adventurous tense medium-paced

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

1.5

Legend. Where do I start with this book? There were so many things to dislike about this book, from the unlikable, unrealistic characters, to the dry writing, to the government, to the one scene where

Spoiler

a man in his twenties tries to kiss a fifteen year old??

. Anyways, the book was terrible, and throughout my reading experience, I wondered why it was so popular.

The story follows June, a young prodigy who’s the only person to have gotten a perfect score on the United States’… sorry, Republic’s aptitude test… sorry, Trial, which is meant to find the best children to join the war effort against the rest of the United States, the Patriots. She lives with her twenty-something year old brother Metias because their parents were killed, and goes to a top university where she trains to be in the military. Her commander tends to be a bit… trigger-happy, and so does her friend Thomas, but they justify it enough to the point where she’s convinced what they’re doing is correct. There’s also no reason for this war that is provided. Also they kill the kids that fail the Trial, but their parents are told they work at labor camps.

And then we have Day, the Republic’s most wanted criminal despite the fact that most of his offenses would only be enough to classify him as a large nuisance. He’s never killed anyone, but now he’s being accused of killing Metias. The only thoughts he is capable of having are about how attractive all of the girls he meets are. He’s on the run because he’s never been caught by the Republic, but he rescues June while her commander sends her to catch him undercover. And then June finds out who he is because she conveniently goes down tangents of extremely unrealistic thoughts that advance the plot!

Spoiler

And guess what. He also got a perfect score! But he’s from the slums so they tried to kill him off!

So Day nearly gets executed. But since June likes him and kissed him before she knew who he was, she’s sympathetic. She goes down another convenient tangent and finds out that

Spoiler

Thomas killed Metias and her commander is trying to hide it

. But also she hikes who knows how far (there’s no map, but the author constantly mentions sectors, which was really confusing) to find some known Patriots to try to set off a plan. So Thomas shoots everyone and June and Day nearly die, Day conveniently has a brother that looks identical to him and has a June-esque unrealistic tangent and figures out what happened, and his brother gets killed instead and now June and Day have to hide from the evil government, which has no reason to be evil as far as I know.

The writing was incredibly dry and it was really hard to get through at times. I had to finish it because I had to read it for a school assignment, but if I could, I would have put this book down for good. Maybe the author’s other books are better, but I could not get through this one.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, Death of parent, Gun violence, and Murder

Moderate: Torture and Grief

Minor: War and Car accident

bri__'s review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

I really enjoyed this, it was thrilling and kept me hooked from the beginning. I am terrified as to how the series will play out because I know it will somehow end with me emotionally scarred (kidding, hopefully, probably). I love Day and June I find them to be interesting characters and although their relationship doesn't have much depth I am very much still rooting for its success. Definitely recommend, strongly suggest checking content warnings.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, War, Medical trauma, Blood, Gun violence, Murder, Police brutality, Torture, Violence, Death, Death of parent, and Grief

Moderate: Classism and Medical content

Minor: Car accident

luxxltyd's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious sad fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Murder, Torture, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Death of parent, Death, Grief, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Medical content, Medical trauma, Car accident, and Terminal illness

emilyellen07's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Police brutality, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Death of parent, Gun violence, and Classism

Moderate: Blood, Murder, Violence, and Grief

Minor: Car accident, Suicidal thoughts, and War