Legend (Legend, #1) in Read by Theme

Oct 05, 2013 Vicki rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

I'm so glad I finally read this one...well, I actually listened to it while on a road trip today. It was amazing.

I was confused at first because of the audio. I thought "DAY" was daytime at first. LOL Things like that when I have the audio but am not following along in the book or have quick access to look up unusual names, etc. usually do confuse me. But I quickly caught on!

Day/Daniel was probably my favorite character. JuneBug...love the nickname. I certainly didn't expect her to (view spoil ...more

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Jun 10, 2012 Rachel rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: 2012, books-i-own, library-books, reviewed

This novel has quite a typical dystopian plot, it follows the well trodden path of boy meets girl, they fall in love, something is obstructing their love, they overcome said obstruction and discover secrets about their government.
Saying this, the novel had a fast paced plot, which made it easy to read. It was full of excitement and action scenes. I also quite enjoyed the government and political setting of this novel, as I thought it was interesting, and I thought the part with the plague was v This novel has quite a typical dystopian plot, it follows the well trodden path of boy meets girl, they fall in love, something is obstructing their love, they overcome said obstruction and discover secrets about their government.
Saying this, the novel had a fast paced plot, which made it easy to read. It was full of excitement and action scenes. I also quite enjoyed the government and political setting of this novel, as I thought it was interesting, and I thought the part with the plague was very interesting, if underexplored.
This novel also has the typical swapping point of view, which is so common in YA novels now. This does allow you to see from both characters sides, but I find it quite tiring, and I like to know one character better than another, it makes for a better story, in my opinion.
The novel was written in the present tense, which added to the action filled nature of the novel, and also to the pacing of the story.
I liked the main characters, June and Day. June was a real action here, trained to be a fighter, and she was pretty kick ass. She was also independent, she didn't rely on anyone else to save her. Day was also a real action hero, but he also seemed very loyal and protective of his family. The minor characters were some of the best I have read about in a while, Metias and Tess were my favourites, they really added to the story, and added to the main characters too.
I only had a couple of problems with this novel. I felt that the "love" that June and Day had for each other was a bit quick in developing, it seemed like "insta-love" to me. I disliked that the author had written both June and Day as "perfect" characters, with perfect IQs and perfect fitness/athleticism. I found this a tad annoying, as nobody is perfect. The plot was a tad predictable, probably because it is of a popular genre in YA at the moment.
Overall I would reccommend this novel, although it is quite similar to most dystopian novels out at the moment, it was an enjoyable read none the less. ...more

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Jul 07, 2012 Maggie Lyons rated it it was amazing

Oh MY GOODNESS! It was a beautiful book. It vaguely reminded me of the Hunger Games, only because of the overbearing political leader/ deluded sense of society... I honestly could not put it down. I read for 3 hours straight. The inclusion of the different social class but same persona ideal was quite intriguing..and makes me wonder if there is a person like me that grew up in a different environmental and with different values. Normally, I would root for the strong female character such as June ...more

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Nov 25, 2013 Kay Kay rated it liked it

Shelves: series, nothing-but-reading-challenges, books-to-movies, theme-books, around-the-world-in-80-books, 2013, red-e-to-read

Pretty typical for the genre. It was good.

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Aug 16, 2012 Kate M. rated it really liked it

Shelves: read-in-2013

I'll start off by saying that the writing style wasn't my favorite. That being said, I was pretty happy with the rest of the book. I liked the characters. It wasn't too long! I hate when books are stretched out when it's not necessary. It's hard not to compare young adult dystopian books and this one's not my favorite, but I found it to be better than a lot out there. ...more

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Dec 27, 2012 Samiha rated it really liked it

Shelves: dystopia, favourite-series, series-i-ve-read

I really enjoyed the dystopian world and the characters and the plot. Only issue was that I felt like the romance between Day and June escalated a bit too quickly.

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