Reviews tagging 'Pandemic/Epidemic'

Legend by Marie Lu

15 reviews

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

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: Death, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, 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: 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

ghostsversion's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective medium-paced

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

3.75

Okay so initially I had this at 4⭐️ but to be fair it was three years ago and people change. Now first off why were Day and June fifteen? I mean sure, it can be a commentary of how corrupt governments force children to mature early, but at the same time I don’t think

having June be “pursued” I guess by men in their 20s was necessary. They weren’t really normalized, but they weren’t condemned either.

Anyway, I must say that the first person POV really threw me off at the beginning for some reason. Also the constant info dumping about the world building didn’t help matters. But you know as the plot moved forward, you noticed it less and less. Overall, I guess I liked this but it wasn’t like the best of the best. We shall see what the rest of this series has in store.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Car accident