Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Legendborn by Tracy Deonn

225 reviews

alexis_k0's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Death of parent, Death, Slavery, and Violence

Moderate: Blood

Minor: Racial slurs and Car accident

lillygabriella's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-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

Oh boy, I am glad I waited so long to read this. Since I got to the end to find a cliffhanger waiting for a sequel which I hope is out now.

This was a very interesting spin on Arthurian legends, and a scathing critique of the power wielded by secret society members.  It is also and at it's core, a story of grief and coming to terms with that grief. 

I don't like to drop spoilers in my reviews, so I will just close by saying that this is a really great book and I highly recommend it. The quarter star off from 5 is for dropping all that Welsh through the book and then not having a pronunciation guide at the end.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Alcohol, Blood, Bullying, Car accident, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Slavery, Violence, and Vomit

Minor: Rape, Sexual assault, and Kidnapping

kiala's review

adventurous emotional funny hopeful informative 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Blood, Violence, Death of parent, Racism, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Torture, and Car accident

Minor: Rape and Sexual assault

thistle_clover's review

adventurous emotional funny inspiring lighthearted reflective 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

4.5

Would recommend it. It took about a hundred chapters to settle into a new book this time, but I'm going to read the second book for sure. I loved Bree and the portrayal of grief and having this book open my eyes to people of different races. I loved the plot-twist and can't wait to read the next book in this duology.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Slavery, and Grief

Minor: Blood, Car accident, Death, Sexism, and Racism

inthearchive's review

adventurous emotional funny informative inspiring mysterious tense 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

5.0

As a young African American woman in America it is refreshing an amusing to read from the point of view of someone who faces the same challenges, internal dialogue, and worries as I do with out her race becoming the only thing about her. Intersectionality plays a significant role but it’s not all you are.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Colonisation, Death, Slavery, Violence, Death of parent, Blood, Car accident, Murder, and Racism

lifeonasofa's review

adventurous mysterious slow-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

2.25

Legendborn ⚡️ Review 

“Don't make your life about the loss. Make it about the love” - Tracy Deonn 💕

⭐️⭐️💫 2.25 Stars 

I so badly wanted to love this book. It’s taken me over a month to accept that it’s ok not to love a hyped book…but the fact it took me 8 months to finish, says a lot 😬

Before I go on, I absolutely can see why it’s so well loved. The second half was vastly better than the first. I absolutely loved Bree and the representation, the culture she bought into the fantasy genre was GREAT! Her grief flooded from the pages so some skilled character writing! 🦹🏾‍♀️

Though the romance vibe was a little too ‘love at first sight’ for me at the start between Bree and sunshine boy Nick, I did like how it wasn’t the main focus. The intrigue surrounding Bree and Sel was there, he played the same mysterious fellow pretty well. 🥰

Like I said, the first half was SO slow, genuinely…nothing happened? Whilst the plot was a lot better later on, it just felt like the pacing for a 600 page book was completely off. 😬

Bree spends 90% of the time acting like Wonder Woman, somehow a natural in this Arthurian magic world she’s never heard of. It’s almost jolting on the rare occasions we go back to her dorm on campus. 

It’s a shame because ‘normal’ teen Bree was my favourite…she’s supposed to be a vulnerable 16 year old?! I wish we’d got more of her in that school/home environment, it would’ve balanced out the story. 🏫

There was a lot of terminology and info that didn’t land with me, even by the end. Could be because I wasn’t into it, but for a YA, I think world building and magic systems need to be understood by the end of a book. 🤷🏻‍♀️

Overall, I’m super sad I didn’t enjoy it, I won’t be putting myself through Bloodmarked 📚

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism, Racial slurs, Death, Death of parent, Slavery, Blood, Car accident, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

oddlyghoul's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Bullying, Colonisation, Death of parent, Grief, Medical content, Slavery, Violence, Xenophobia, Hate crime, Murder, Genocide, Racial slurs, Sexism, Blood, Gore, Alcohol, Car accident, Police brutality, and Antisemitism

tiredtori's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious 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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Sexism, Grief, Misogyny, Religious bigotry, Violence, Alcohol, Death, Medical content, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Racial slurs, Racism, Toxic relationship, and Blood

Minor: Car accident, War, Vomit, Slavery, Cursing, Gore, and Mental illness

clairew97's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny mysterious sad tense fast-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Infertility, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Racism, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Vomit, Body horror, Gore, Grief, Slavery, Violence, Abandonment, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, Classism, Pregnancy, War, Murder, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Death, Alcohol, Cursing, Misogyny, Rape, Car accident, and Stalking

aformeracceleratedreader's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

3.75

I have a lot of mixed feelings on this. I don't like that the mc is 16 while the love interests are 19. Wish our mc was aged up for it to be more appropriate. I feel the love interests are a little generic too.
I did like the incorporation of King Arthur and the magical aspects of it. I also enjoyed Bree finding out more about her own magic. 
I of course love the narrator of the audiobook, and I've listened to her read quite a few now. 
I'm iffy if I want to continue with the second book or not. Like I like the concept enough to want to continue it, but I don't know if I like it enough to check out the second one from my library right away.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Murder, Racism, Xenophobia, Death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Bullying, Child death, and Death of parent

Moderate: Medical content, Slavery, and Colonisation