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ajboyd_'s review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
I’m not a fan of love triangles, and that is the only thing that puts me off about the book. Other than that, It's absolutely worth the read.
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Stalking, Toxic relationship, and Medical trauma
Minor: Lesbophobia
3vannelsonrose's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, and Child death
Minor: Death, Physical abuse, and Death of parent
mightyola's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
Graphic: Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, and Child death
Moderate: Death of parent, Toxic friendship, Gun violence, and Physical abuse
Minor: Stalking
legalplanner's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
Avery is your normal 16 year old high school student who just wants a chance at college and a stable career. She has a plan to make that happen, until she is set to inherit Tobias Hawthorne's entire fortune. Yet, she has never met the man. Upon moving into the house she meets the grandsons that she beat for the inheritance and tries to survive riddles, puzzles, and dysfunctional family dynamics all in the name of a stable future.
The chapters were short and reminded me a bit of reading the online published serials that were only about 1000 words per release. However the short chapters kept you going because you wanted to know what happened next. I was seriously frustrated with the lack of diving deeper into the personalities of the Hawthorne grandsons. Avery was literally running to solve these puzzles with the grandsons but you got more of a surface level delve into who they were. I wanted to understand them more but even the deeper you got into their personalities at the end didn't feel like a true look at them.
The games that Tobias made them play leading up to the end was twisty and I had thoughts and opinions throughout the entire book and honestly enjoyed the thrill of the novel. Again, if I had a bit more wrapped up at the end for me and the characters were a bit more fleshed out I would have given this a 4/5.
Graphic: Death of parent, Death, Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship
Moderate: Gun violence and Emotional abuse
tinysierra's review against another edition
- Diverse cast of characters? No
4.0
I don’t know why the marketing and cover make it seem more like a Hunger Games type situation, but this is more of a scavenger hunt deal. I vibed with it, I just don’t want anyone to go into it expecting something different.
-This was fun and fast paced!
-unnecessary love triangle… I honestly wouldn’t take this book too seriously in that area though. Like it’s good because the plot is fun and all but there’s this like thing with jealous guys trying to show dominance or whatever which is very juvenile. Takes me back to early YA books.
-Bi side character, wlw relationship mentioned briefly. There are people of color, but they’re mostly side characters from what I remember
-there a point where a character talks about how charities are better than helping out individual people and yada yada yada. He’s a white cishet man and he grew up rich. Of course he thinks that way. This is just a person opinion of mine so you can take it with a grain of salt, but from what I’ve heard from marginalized people, donating to individuals *IS* better than donating to large charity groups. But I guess I should be happy they donated the fictional money in the first place lol
CW:
-there is a toxic relationship with mental and physical abuse
-also attempted murder twice
-there’s a character with a terminal illness and it shows how
Moderate: Physical abuse, Terminal illness, Gun violence, and Emotional abuse
quejk25's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, and Toxic relationship
Minor: Infertility, Biphobia, Alcohol, Death of parent, Homophobia, and Gaslighting
johannslauren15's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Emotional abuse
Moderate: Blood, Death, Mental illness, Toxic friendship, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, and Violence
Minor: Infertility
hannibanani29's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Abandonment, Death of parent, Chronic illness, Alcohol, Child death, Classism, Death, Domestic abuse, and Terminal illness
Minor: Violence, Dementia, Incest, Pregnancy, Infertility, Racism, Biphobia, Cursing, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Infidelity, and Injury/Injury detail
pinkleum's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Graphic: Gun violence
Moderate: Chronic illness, Death of parent, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, and Toxic relationship
Minor: Bullying and Car accident
juliacarp's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
Graphic: Death, Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, and Emotional abuse
Moderate: Death of parent and Bullying