Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Legend by Marie Lu

32 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

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

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 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: 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

miaaa_lenaaa's review against another edition

adventurous dark fast-paced

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

3.5

Lol

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Genocide, Grief, Blood, Child death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Police brutality, Violence, Mass/school shootings, and War

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

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

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