Reviews tagging 'Child death'

Legend by Marie Lu

11 reviews

lcravella's review

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

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

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

emily_smith2007's review

adventurous inspiring mysterious medium-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? Yes

4.0

 

Legend 

Maria Lu 

Los Angeles, California, The Republic of America: He is Day; The most wanted criminal. She is June; the Republic’s prodigy. 

The United States is long gone and now divided into two. 15 years old June Iparis was born into an elite family in one of the Republic’s Wealthiest sectors. 15 years old Day was born in slums. He is known for his crimes against the Republic, but his motivation isn’t as malicious as it seems. 

Neither of them seem to have reason to ever meet, but when June’s Brother, Metias, is murdered she swears to avenge him. Day becomes the prime suspect. 

On the run and under cover they meet by chance. They are both intrigued by each other. Neither of them knows the others past. Can they put two and two together? 

Day is in a race against time, he must protect his family. The Republic is filled with plagues and has been for a long time. The rich and elite get vaccinations each year but the poorer section of the population is left to fend for themselves. 

The Republic is brutal, militarised and nationalistic. However, is there something ever more sinister? How far will the Republic go to keep things hidden? 

The book is told in the dual perspective of Day and June, which I loved. It does hit close to home because of how the Plagues are a key point. It almost made it even more real to me as aspects were very similar to Covid and lock down. 

I will give it a 4/5 (8/10) stars, because I really enjoyed it. I loved listening to it on audiobook, the narration was great. I loved the characters and their energy. The contrast of societies was really interesting, I liked the juxtaposition that it gave the story. I also enjoyed the fact that the romance was a prominent story line but there was also lots of other story lines. It didn’t feel like it took over. 

I would recommend this to 12/13+, anyone that enjoyed The Hunger Games,  and anyone that wants a book that has a hint of mystery but has a much bigger plot. If you feel like reading a book with strong characters in that aren’t perfect, If you enjoy Dystopia, romance, law and army’s/war then I think you will enjoy Legend. Even if you just like the sound of it give it a go. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death of parent, Death, Grief, Murder, and Violence

marissasa's review

mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.0

This YA novel based on a dystopian republic of the former America was one that while grabbed my attention enough to want to finish, definitely felt like something I would've enjoyed a lot more in middle school. I was interested in the world-building and political intrigue around the manufactured plagues and the idea that the government was hiding a lot of secrets, but I couldn't find myself caring about the main characters. June is very much the typical female YA protagonist who is super young (15) but somehow smarter, more skilled, and more experienced than everyone around her and although it makes sense for her characterization as someone who was born into wealth from government affiliation and was trained from a young age to be a solider like her brother, it also made for a very calculating and unemotional point of view to read from that I couldn't connect with. Day is also a typical male YA protagonist counterpart who is somehow cunning, charming, knowledgable, and a famous criminal despite also being super young (15) and I didn't find myself rooting for him nor believing in the connection between him and June as anything deeper than physical attraction. I will finish the series eventually simply because I want to see the fallout of their actions and see how they will challenge the government or uncover more about their secrets.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Classism, Death, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, and Gun violence

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

Moderate: Child death, Torture, War, and Classism

Minor: Vomit

shoshin's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

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

3.0

Solid YA dystopian book. Enjoyable on its own terms, doesn't get too far into poorly written swoony teenage relationship stuff.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Death of parent

Moderate: Child death, Gun violence, Medical trauma, Murder, and Violence

roseamillerg's review

adventurous mysterious sad tense

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

2.0

can’t bring myself to rate this any higher. it was just, kinda, boring. also it felt unrealistic that Day and June were 15 y/o. I think 16 or 17 would have made more sense. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child death, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Stalking, Torture, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Abandonment, Kidnapping, and Suicidal thoughts

nxclx's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.5

I enjoyed this book, and while I think that certain parts could have been more developed or elaborated on, it worked well. I would have liked a little more world building, and a little more relationship development, but that is my personal preference.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Genocide, Gun violence, Murder, Police brutality, and Violence

Moderate: Torture

Minor: Car accident