Book Review: Legend

Legend by Marie Lu

Paperback Edition-Bought

2/5 Lily Pads

 No Spoilers!


Hey everyone. Today I am reviewing "Legend" by Marie Lu. If you didn't already know, this is the first book in the "Legend" trilogy. I put off reading this book for a long time because of the hype. The hype scared me. I had this book on my shelf for a year and I finally picked it up. What did I think of it? I didn't like this book. I try not to read books that are hyped up because most of the time, I don't like them. I can see why I waited so long to pick this up. This book disappointed me. Before I give you my full opinion, let me give you the plot of this book.

The Plot

 From different worlds, June and Day have no reason to cross paths...

Until June's brother is murdered, and Day becomes the prime suspect.

In a shocking turn of events, the two uncover what has really brought them together, and the sinister lengths to which their country will go to keep its secrets.

That goodreads summary doesn't tell you much so I'll try to 

explain it for you. 
 Legend is about a girl named June and a boy named Day

They live in a dystopian world, and are separated. 
June is in the rich area,

 Day lives in the poor area.

 Basically, you have to take a test called the trial, the score you get determines how your life will be in the future. 

June is a prodigy, she is the smartest fifteen year old, she got the highest score on the trial so she works for the military and lives in the rich part of the district. 

Day is a criminal, he is poor and he does crimes to try to save his family, because his family is dying. 

One day, June's brother dies and everyone thinks Day killed her brother. June sets out to find Day and they eventually meet. June discovers that Day isn't as bad as everyone thinks. 

My Opinion

That's the best summary I can give you. I'm not good at describing dystopian books because they confuse me. Like I said before I didn't really like this book. I know lots of people loved this book, including my sister. The beginning was really good, it captured my attention. Once I got to the middle of the book, it started to go downhill from there. I got bored, and I just couldn't get into the rest of the story. I don't think it was the book that bored me, its the genre. I honestly don't like dystopian books because whenever I read a dystopian, I end up not liking it. I think its just not my type of genre. Dystopians bore me and I don't care about the world building. I like when books focus more on the characters.  Let's talk about the characters. I liked June, she was nice and smart but what bugged me was, the characters didn't have personalities, they were sort of dull. I didn't feel bad for any of the characters. I didn't love Day, even though he was a nice guy, I didn't like him, probably because he was a criminal, even though he has a nice side. I feel the characters weren't well developed. Like I said before the book was so boring, there was lots of action, I just couldn't get into it. This is exactly how I felt when I read "Insurgent". I had to force myself to finish this book, and I didn't even know what was happening, but I'm glad I finished it. I probably won't continue the trilogy. The book wasn't bad, I just didn't like it because I hate dystopians. Overall, I was generous to give this book 2 Lily Pads because even though I didn't like it, Legend wasn't the worst book I've ever read. I would recommend this book if you like dystopian. I think this book would be better as a movie because it would be easier to see the action on screen instead of picturing it in your head. I think you should borrow this book first before you buy it. That's my quick review, I will film a review soon so stay tuned for more, bye :)