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The Inheritance Games by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

111 reviews

massivepizzacrust's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced

• 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

4.0

Strong Knives Out vibes in the disfunctional rich family with an outsider main character. Personally I could have done without the romance being so heavily featured or there at all but I guess it's YA? But the plot is fast and fun, and I'll definitely be picking up the next one. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Stalking, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Terminal illness

beautifulpaxielreads's review against another edition

challenging tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Stalking, and Death of parent

Moderate: Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Medical trauma, Car accident, and Injury/Injury detail

dangerous driving, attempted murder, some of the behaviour could be construed as child abuse, emotional manipulation

creepypiespice's review against another edition

mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Chronic illness, Gun violence, Violence, Grief, Car accident, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Death of parent and Alcohol

risemini's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Death of parent, and Alcohol

a_libra_library's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, and Abandonment

shockinglyshayreads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

This book gave me life. I could feel myself slipping into a slump but this book grabbed my hand and pulled me out. Avery Kylie Grambs was just another kid stuck in the world of poverty with a deadbeat dad and mother who passed. She was living with her half sister to get by while she finished high school with plans to get out of town quick. However, billionaire Tobias Hawthorne dies and leaves EVERYTHING to Avery with no explanation as to why. The biggest piece of the puzzle, she's never met the man in her life.....or so she thought.

The Inheritance Games is FULL of twists and turns and puzzles and riddles. It will make you go mad because you just cannot read fast enough. Avery is thrown into this mansion in Texas with the family of the deceased who was robbed of their inheritance by this 17 year old girl. No one knows why the old man left her everything but Avery and the four grandsons are on a mission to find out. I was a tad worried this was going to be some weird reverse harem but thankfully it did not end up that way. 

I feel like for the first time in a while, I actually like the main character. She is thrown into a horrendous situation and comes out stronger for it and actually tries to grow. She has her whiny my life is horrible moment but her best friend Max helps bring her out of it. Max is definitely my favorite character. Despite having such a strict family (think Lane from Gilmore Girls) she does what she can to help her friend stay sane and set her straight. The grandsons each have their own quirks. I like all of them except Nash. The rest of the family, nah. They can buzz off. 

Anywhooo this book will give your life and make you crazy. I binged both books 1 and 2 in 4 days and am already DYING for book 3. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Death of parent

Moderate: Gun violence and Grief

sophiesmovingcastle's review

adventurous mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Death of parent

aimsro's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Toxic relationship

nastyabbj's review against another edition

adventurous challenging mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Toxic relationship

deeznuts_'s review against another edition

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

Here's a spoiler free review from a rookie. If you don't want a bunch of information, I'll just say it's worth a read. If you do, here you go!

I'd say this is a good book to read if you're just starting to pick up reading again or if you're trying to get out of a reading slump. I haven't read as many books as others, but this is a pretty good young adult piece. Let's start off with the good things: 

- loving the general theme 
- likeable characters 
- easy to understand 
- many new events (things are constantly happening yet at a medium pace) 
- some character backstory?? (only a little)

Here are some of my critiques: 
- some of the "reveals" weren't as big as I expected, but I also have to read the sequel to give my final thoughts. 
- would've liked a little more development with the romance

Overall, I give it 3.5 stars out of 5; it's definitely worth a read and I really enjoyed it! 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, and Murder