Legend was a very exciting book to read. It’s the first book
in a trilogy, written by Marie Lu. The series is the only writing by Marie Lu
so far. The trilogy includes Legend, Prodigy and Champion. The story is a
dystopian fiction book for young adults.
The themes are rich versus poor and family.
In a future United States called the republic, there is a
very big difference between rich and poor. Day and June, are both 15 years-old.
June being rich comes from a military family. She is considered a prodigy in
the Republics eyes. She always gets in trouble, with no parents she often leans
on her older brother Metias. Day is a boy from the poor economic spectrum.
Being raised in the slums of the republic he is the most wanted criminal. Day
hates the Republic, and used his athletic and intelligent capabilities to
attack their military bases and hospitals, and generally causing chaos. It is
during one of these attacks that Day supposedly murders Metias.
In her hunger to get revenge, June is sent to find Day, and
turn him in to the Republic. After posing as a girl from the slums, Day rescues
her from a fight, either one knowing who the other is. After a little while,
Day and June realize that they're falling for each other. But then, as Day is
falling asleep, June starts to make little connections to Day and the boy. June
reports Day to her commander. Day is brought in and is sent to a cell to await
execution. They both learn they might have more in common then they think.
As I read Legend I
found myself enjoying it at times and being disappointed at others. My
disappointment was because I found that there were just too many drawn out part
in the book. It became a little boarding a times to stay with the story. The
book had many good qualities also. I really like how the girl could stand up
for herself. Another aspect I enjoyed was that the author went back and forth
between the points of view of June and Day. The plot was very likeable and the
characters were well developed.
All things considered, I truly enjoyed Legend but at times it was a little too slow for me.
I think this is a good book and other readers who like Divergent and the HungerGames so definitely check this book out.
Book Review by Gabi G.
This book does seem interesting. What sounds intriguing about the book is that the plot is based on the economic lives that the characters have. For example, it separates the rich from the poor and it gives two viewpoints from someone of the poor side and someone with the more wealthy lifestyle. This book kind of reminds me of the book "Divergent" because this book, too, is about people being separated where they are living based on the type of person they are, what they do for a living, and things like that. These type of books really interest me because they use a lot of imagination which makes a story sometimes more fun to me. Whenever I am in need of reading a new book, "Legend" will be one of my options.
ReplyDeleteThis book sounds delightful. I can see the hint on the corruption of our society in the hidden text, and the relevancy of love prevail over anything. The added perspective of two protagonist point of view make it fresh. This book talk about the difference classes like in "The Hunger Game Trilogy". I really like the futuristic books about a central corrupt society a lot. This book isn't a mimic and I can't wait to read it.
ReplyDeleteI am very interested in this book because I love books that are set in dystopian futures I also think I would like this book because I have read the whole hunger games trilogy and I've seen the movie divergent I would love to read this book by Samuel jackson
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