Reviews tagging 'Death'

Legend by Marie Lu

63 reviews

kaycanread4's review

adventurous dark emotional sad 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Murder, Death, and War

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

taylorbrooke's review

adventurous dark mysterious 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Death, and War

tania_mybookishsecret's review

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

lamolleteslg's review

adventurous challenging emotional fast-paced

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

4.75

Spoiler

OK PERO Y TESS??? Se murio john, se murio la mamita de Day/Daniel, June cambio de lados, QUE PASARAAAA

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Torture, and Death

cliterature'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? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder and Death

seren's review

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

writersrelief's review

adventurous dark 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

5.0

 

Marie Lu’s debut novel, LEGEND, starts her writing career off strong, telling a believable story in a dystopian America that could easily be our future. June Iparis, a rising prodigy of the Republic, has spent her whole life being groomed for success in the military. June’s work for the military begins abruptly when her brother, Matias, is killed—her first mission is to find and capture Day, the alleged killer. Day lives in the slums and cares for his family from afar. In a desperate attempt to save them, Day tried to steal plague medicine from a Republic lab. When confronted by Matias, Day stabbed him in the shoulder in order to escape, thus becoming the main suspect in his murder and Republic Enemy Number One. In a harrowing game of cat and mouse, June tries to capture Day. But as they meet in the slums under hidden identities, the two unexpectedly grow close. And June learns the Republic may not be the righteous haven it claims to be. 

 

Those who love the Hunger Games series will enjoy this first installment in Lu’s science fiction romance series. Lu’s vivid storytelling easily grips readers and immerses them in the story as these two people from different lives unexpectedly come together. Her compelling characters have their fair share of flaws and traits to make them worth rooting for, but it’s the story that’s the main attraction. Lu’s twists and turns change the characters and bring danger they never expected. LEGEND is a great read for anyone looking for another dystopian thrill ride. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence and Death