Reviews tagging 'Confinement'

Legend by Marie Lu

14 reviews

rebeccaisabelle's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad 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? It's complicated

4.0

I love the story line and the plot twists. I wanted to read more and more so that I could find out what happened which resulting made me finish the whole book in 2 days. Whilst reading the first parts of the book, I thought, "this would make a good movie, I'd watch that movie" and then I changed my mind when I read further on because I realised that

John was killed and in a very gruesome way too. If I saw that in theaters I think I would feel pretty disturbed and sad about the loss

. The characters are so young. The kind of things that they are doing at that age seems unrealistic.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Chronic illness, Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Cultural appropriation, Abandonment, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Confinement, Abandonment, and Classism

bones_jackson's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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

5.0

Segue bem com a vibe de distopia de 2010, mas é muito bom, amei os personagens e a trama e eu quero muito saber o que vai acontecer com eles

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic friendship, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

nrogers_1030's review against another edition

adventurous 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? No

3.25

I found the story hard to get into until Day gets arrested. I liked it once it picked up, but not enough to continue the series.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Gun violence, Violence, Police brutality, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, and Pandemic/Epidemic

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

Minor: Cursing and Car accident

haley49's review against another edition

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

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

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: Death, Violence, Blood, and Classism

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

Minor: Confinement, Vomit, and Colonisation

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

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

Moderate: Medical content and Classism

Minor: Car accident

tays_books's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Gun violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death, Torture, War, and Classism

Minor: Vomit

booksanna's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.75

Edit: chaning the rating from 4.25 to 4.75 because i remember the plot like 3 years later
It’s a good dystopian. It took me a while to get used to the mc’s though, but the development of their character is worth every page. This book has a good picture of a controlling government and corruption, rebelión and morals. Well-written with unique writing style. It is a little dark, but somehow inspires hope in you. The book tells rather than shows, but this detail adds to it’s charm. honestly all the questions are so clever and intriguing. Also my head canon is that the MCs are soulmates and you can’t convince me otherwise.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, and Death of parent

Moderate: Torture

Minor: Confinement, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Grief, Car accident, and Murder