Reviews tagging 'Kidnapping'

The Final Gambit by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

134 reviews

literarymary95's review against another edition

adventurous challenging mysterious tense fast-paced

• 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

4.0

Just like the previous books, this kept me guessing the motives of Hawthorne bringing her into the fold and giving her his inheritance. The ending made sense and made reading the trilogy worth it. I don't plan to read the other books that follow as they're extra and not necessarily continuing the current story line but seem more like a companion style book but after the events of the trilogy.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Murder, and Adult/minor relationship

Moderate: Violence, Death, and Death of parent

Minor: Sexual assault and Gun violence

itstruly_flower's review against another edition

adventurous challenging mysterious fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Murder, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Violence and Blood

Minor: Sexual assault, Gun violence, and Death of parent

justmeandmybooks's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Adult/minor relationship, and Murder

Moderate: Death, Violence, and Death of parent

Minor: Sexual assault and Gun violence

madalina0_0's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Adult/minor relationship, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Gun violence, Death, and Violence

unicorngirl's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

I think, while this one is good, this book and the second pale in comparison to the first book. They’re still good though 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Kidnapping, Murder, and Blood

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Forced institutionalization, and Cursing

Mentions of dead teenager; mentions of dead parent; threats of bodily harm; mentions of guns, but not gun violence

emmajh91's review against another edition

mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Confinement, Grief, and Death

trips's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

  this book was better paced and more cohesive than the 2nd book in the series.

Still didn't care for Avery wallowing in her two romance choices, but that's definitely just a me thing, lol. There is also a lot less of it in this book, so yay.
The stakes were high and the mystery unfolds in an entertaining, popcorn-y kinda way. The puzzles were actually more puzzley which I was happy to see, as it felt like there wasn't as much of that in the 2nd book. Not always into a random 3rd act character joining the crew in the third book of a series but this character ended up making sense to the plot, her character arc was handled well overall.

Its definitely a very cheesy but I had a good time reading this series overall. I also feel a sense of freedom, having finished it though... 😅 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Kidnapping

Moderate: Violence and Death of parent

Minor: Alcohol

midnightrose_reads's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

The third book in The Inheritance Games trilogy, The Final Gambit is a nice wrap up of Avery’s story. Unfortunately this book wasn’t quite 4 stars the way the first two were. Some of Avery’s thoughts were, imo, too repetitive. Also the romantic angst for Avery choosing between Jameson and Grayson was just a bit too much and went on entirely too long in the narrative of this third book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Adult/minor relationship, and Murder

Moderate: Death, Death of parent, and Violence

Minor: Gun violence and Sexual assault

grace33's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny inspiring mysterious tense medium-paced

• 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Murder, and Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Gun violence and Death

lora_g's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious fast-paced

5.0

 The Final Gambit was an incredibly fun continuation of the Inheritance Games series. As with the first two books, Barnes keeps things fast paced, fun, and mysterious. I didn’t particularly care for the love triangle, but it also didn’t ruin the story for me. This whole series has been such a thrill and I can’t wait to read The Brothers Hawthorne. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping

Moderate: Murder