Name: Champion
Rating: 4.268156424581005 (537 reviews)
ISBN: 9780399256776

Marie Lu

"June and Day have sacrificed so much for the people of the Republic--and each other--and now their country is on the brink of a new existence. Just when a peace treaty is imminent, a plague outbreak causes panic in the Colonies, and war threatens the Republic's border cities"--

a Legend novel

Champion

some loose ends and the problematic age gap (which should affect my prodigy rating more than this but alas!) make me knock off half a star but this was a very solid trilogy, easy and quick to read and so heart-wrenching… 

dann

Helena

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           4.5*

I was going to give this 4 stars because I struggled to get through some parts but that ending..... marie lu really said “how to make someone cry”, and I did, for half an hour.

I loved the ending, it was perfectly coherent, but also emotional and not drawn to the dramatic death of one of the main characters. 

June is an amazing character, her story was incredibly well written, her growth.. everything was just perfect.
And Day.. I just want him to be finally happy forever.
I loved these two so much !!

chloe rae

THAT ENDING. AHH MY HEART.
Man, what a way to finish off the series.
This series took me by surprise. I was never all that interested in reading it and I'm not sure why. It wasn't that I didn't find the story interesting, I think I was just always more interested in something else. BUT, when they had all 3 books at my used bookstore, I thought I'd try it out and see what I thought. And I'm SO glad I did.
I was impressed by the first book but not nearly as much as I was by this book. This book was AWESOME. It was incredibly thought out and intense; the character development was amazing. The story arch across all three books worked super well and I felt like I really understood this world.
I just adore Day and June. I love them so much. I just want them to be so happy. And I LOVE ANDEN. I think he should end up with me (if he actually existed, that is).
Overall, a really great read. I feel like I flew through these and I'm so glad I gave them a chance. I can't wait to check out more of Marie's work!

Tatiana

Champion: 4.5/5

Alexa, play pain by Nessa Barret.

I am writing this review with tears rolling down my face. Never in my LIFE have I cried this much over a book and a damn paper clip ring.

Honestly, I don't even know what to say. Everything about this book was perfect. Marie Lu outdoes herself every. Single. Time. The plot, action, pacing, characters were excellently executed, all under 400 pages. This is writing at its very finest.

Will I ever be the same? No. Day, June, Eden, and Tess have wormed their way into my heart and will forever be lodged there. This changed me. I am NOT EXAGGERATING. 

I have been crying for a full hour. Read this series.

nina 

** spoiler alert **
           3.75 stars

HE KEPT THE RING

The final book in Marie Lu's best-selling Legend trilogy draws to a thrilling conclusion in this vibrant graphic novel adaptation. June and Day have sacrificed so much for the people of the Republic--and each other--and now their country is on the brink of a new existence. June is back in the good graces of the Republic, working within the government's elite circles as Princeps Elect while Day has been assigned a high-level military position. But neither could have predicted the circumstances that will reunite them once again. Just when a peace treaty is imminent, a plague outbreak causes panic in the Colonies, and war threatens the Republic's border cities. This new strain of plague is deadlier than ever, and June is the only one who knows the key to her country's defense. But saving the lives of thousands will mean asking the one she loves to give up everything he has.

Champion: The Graphic Novel

June and Day have sacrificed so much for the people of the Republic and now their country is on the brink of a new existence. June is back in the good graces of the Republic, working within the government's elite circles as Princeps Elect while Day has been assigned a high level military position. Just when a peace treaty is imminent, a plague outbreak causes panic in the Colonies, and war threatens the Republic's border cities.

Julia

I'm so happy that I finally finished this! So good, love Marie Lu!

Fatima Kadri 

I loved this series so much. Marie Lu is just so good at writing epic, cinematic stories with intricate worlds and brilliant, badass characters. This trilogy (not counting the fourth book, obviously) was nothing short of a masterpiece and I am so glad that it exists.

Jamieson

“I can feel his presence here in every stone he has touched, every person he has lifted up, every street and alley and city that he has changed in the few years of his life, because he is the Republic, he is our light, and I love you, I love you, until the day we meet again I will hold you in my heart and protect you there, grieving what we never had, cherishing what we did. I wish you were here.
I love you, always.” 


Woah, woah woah woah wow. We're going to go from the end to the start because this book has one of the most satisfying ends of a series ever Like, I am SO picky about series ends but I absolutely ADORE how this one ended up. 

Every issue I had in Prodigy got addressed and I'm so glad. I'm so glad that the problems and problematic aspects of these characters relationships got addressed and aaaah. Marie Lu, she is a genius and I love her.


  “I scream for everything that has gone wrong. I scream for everything broken in our lives.” 


For me, Champion was a different ballgame to Legend and Prodigy. The stakes were much, much higher but there was more politics then action. While the last 100 or so pages were crazy action, the rest was much more political and subdued and I kinda liked it, 



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I think here the worldbuilding really got to shine. In Legend, I was worried about the lack of worldbuilding but the expansion of the world in this series in incredible. Few dystopaisn I've read have such detailed worlds and institutions. The politics is played out not just in the country where the characters live, but also across the globe as a whole and manifests in the United Nations and other international organisations. The characters visit to Antartica was so cool, and I loved the different politics systems set up - from the Corporate states in the Colonies, to the point based moral democracy of Antartica, to the autocracy of the Republic - each government system was interesting and unique. If you like politics and worldbuilding in books, especially international I think you'd really like this. FR if you study international relations like me by any chance, this book is gonna make u so excited ok .

I just think everything was a massive step up from Prodigy. I was worried about how the relationship between June and Day would play out - I expressed I thought their relationship was problematic and built on alot of unsolved issues and the fact that 1: the characters recognised that and 2: did something about it #shook. I also just loved the mature growth of these characters, and getting to see them years into the future outside of their situation made it so much better. June especially has great character growth and I ended up really liking her and Day's relationship despite my original hesitance. 


  “There's a conflicted look in Day's eyes, a joy and a grief, that makes him so vulnerable. I realize how little defense he has against my words. He loves so wholly. It is his nature.” 


I really don't have much to say negative about this book? Once again Marie Lu's abilities as an author shine. Her writing is great, but what I really love about her is I feel she has an intimate and meaningful understanding of her characters - and that she addresses the parts of them that are problematic. It feels alot like how Leigh Bardugo works with her characters. For me, thats so important because I love character driven stories 


I wish the plot had just been a little more fact paced, the first third kind of dragged for me and thats disappointing, but aside from that, I honestly think this is a great book and such a good, solid and well thought out ending to the series. 

Marie Lu has absolutely solidified herself in my list of "must read authors". I honestly thoroughly enjoy everything she writes, and I love that what she sets up in book 1 is developed and grown so far beyond that premise. 

Her books are consistently diverse, and treat their characters well. Her books tackle important issues and don't rely on stereotypes and cliches to tell the story. 

I honestly really liked this trilogy and even if it won't eclipse my love for THE YOUNG ELITES, it's just a really solid series and I'm glad. 


  “No matter what happens in the future, no matter where our paths take us, this moment will be ours.” 



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I LOVE BEING DEAD AND DYING

Thais Souza Passos

I was a bit disappointed at the end, expecting for something more, but in a way I was glad it ended that way, but in another...

Champion a Legend novel

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