Reviews tagging 'Slavery'

Legendborn by Tracy Deonn

641 reviews

khaleesiofthegreatwhitenorth's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious tense fast-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent and Grief

Moderate: Slavery and Racism

maladaptivebookdreaming's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

I would love to write an in-depth review about this book but truly? Ms. Tracy has me SPEECHLESS. For this to be a mother frickin DEBUT? Consider me guffawed. There are no words to describe my feelings on this book other than after three years of hearing about Legendborn and NOT reading it?? I feel like I’ve missed out for no good reason. The grief, anger, laughter, and absolute joy I got from this book is without words. As someone who doesn’t relate to YA as much anymore and HATES love triangles? I was hooked! I was enraptured! As a fellow black girl from NC the relatability of what Bree goes through hits even deeper because I get it. I get it, I get IT. 

A fantastic debut and man what a damn writer. I am so excited to get my hands on the second book! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Death of parent, War, and Grief

Moderate: Slavery and Misogyny

Minor: Sexual assault

alilbitofeveryth1ng's review against another edition

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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Sexism, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, and Forced institutionalization

Minor: Rape and Slavery

tey_lynn's review

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Murder, Medical content, Slavery, Gore, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Medical content, Death of parent, Misogyny, and Sexual assault

alliyyamo's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring mysterious reflective sad 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? No

4.25

I always have had a soft spot for Arthurian stories, this does not disappoint. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Racism, and Death of parent

kystarbucks's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Sexism, Death of parent, War, Misogyny, Blood, Racism, and Classism

Moderate: Rape and Slavery

hey_mj's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective sad 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

5.0

A low fantasy masterpiece that transports you while still being firmly rooted in the modern world, Legendborn is a YA story that transcends its age group and can (and should) be enjoyed by everyone.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Grief, and Mental illness

Moderate: Slavery and Sexism

Minor: Colonisation and Rape

ivy_camilla's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark inspiring mysterious reflective 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Misogyny

Moderate: Slavery

kcup_espresso's review against another edition

adventurous emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

Legendborn in so good! Admittedly, I had a hard time getting into it, but once it started to pick up more, I was all in and couldn't put it down. Bree is an incredible protagonist. Her story and grief are heart wrenching and poignant. You can't help but root for her, even during the tougher moments. I feel like Deonn wrote so beautifully about grappling with grief, racism, and both personal and generational trauma.  I also love the modern twist of the King Arthur legend and can't wait to learn more about the worldbuilding. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Grief, Racism, and Slavery

bradleyj's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious 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? No

5.0

THIS IS SO GOOD. the twists and turns of the story were so excellent and kept me fully engaged. Love love love. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Kidnapping, Murder, Grief, Colonisation, Death, Blood, Racism, and Slavery

Minor: Rape and Death of parent