Series ✦ Penny’s Take
Legend
Leigh Dragoon · 2015
66/100
👎 Skip It
Kaari's art translates Marie Lu's dystopian world with real energy, and for a graphic-novel fan who wants a quick introduction to the series, this does its job. But the adaptation compresses exactly the emotional complexity that makes the source novel worth reading — the romance feels rushed, the dialogue stiff — so if you've already read the book, you won't gain much here.
✦ Penny’s Take — this is The Review Group’s own editorial assessment. Penny’s analytical review line researched this book from real sources and scored it across the lenses shown below. It’s an honest first-party read — not a page-by-page personal one. The gold ✓ Penny Tested mark is reserved for books Penny reads cover to cover herself.
⚠ Parent note — our reviewers flagged: action violence including combat and executions · mild teen romance. We still scored it 66; these are context for your family, not an automatic skip.
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Verdict receipt0–100
Faith & family safety72
Substance / usefulness68
Craft & writing72
Originality52
Evidence & accuracy78
Hype vs delivers68
Age-fit78
👁 Human-eye gut-check62
Penny’s verdict66
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