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Legend (Legend, #1)

Marie Lu

Start date: September 1, 2020

Finish date: September 30, 2020

Why we're reading this: Won the poll for YA Sci-FI BOTM
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Oct 19, 2019 Claude's Bookzone rated it really liked it

Shelves: action, war, young-adult-book, dystopia, great-world-builing, resistance-fighters, sci-fi-futuristic-world-tech

UPDATE - 13/06/2021 - Review added

Well I have to say, I enjoyed that a lot more second time around!

I wish there had been a bit more character development but I really enjoyed the world building and am actually excited to see where this goes. It was so great to have two POVs as it gave Readers a fuller experience. I'm actually going to keep this at 3.5 but am happy to round up to 4. Have already started book two and so far so good!

UPDATE: 13/06/2021 - Rereading in preparation to read book 2 and 3 ...more

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Oct 16, 2020 Jay rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: favorites, ya-books, romance, fiction, physical-books, dystopian, high-school

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Mar 09, 2020 Sarah A rated it it was ok

Shelves: step-back-in-time, stalk-an-author-2024

Reread April 13:
Downgraded to 2 stars:
I just couldn't stand June. I get it is my second time around with reading it but maybe my taste in books have changed. It just was so slow with building up to the main parts.

This was my first introduction into Marie Lu writing. It had a good story line but I guessed who killed June's brother right away. So that took some of the suspense out of it for me.

I hated the way June treated Day when he was captured. I hope in the next book we see what happens to E ...more

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