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The Inheritance Games by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

53 reviews

healingtothemax's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Abandonment, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Grief, Stalking, Toxic relationship, and Domestic abuse

vixread's review against another edition

funny mysterious tense 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? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Abandonment

ashleyvharris's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

The Inheritance Games is a fun, twisty mystery with great atmosphere. 

My thoughts on this book have been a bit uncertain. On the surface, I appreciate Barnes’ story of puzzles and mystery and ultimately the importance of relationships in our lives. But the more I sit with the story, the more I am bothered by the nonchalance with which the emotional abuse of the Hawthorne grandsons is treated. 

Tobias Hawthorne pitted his grandsons against one another with his “games” and raised them to value winning over all else. No wonder

Emily

happened…  Their own mother was seemingly more concerned with the money and status they did not inherit rather than the mental and emotional state of her children.

At the very least, it would have been nice to see some acknowledgment that Avery was manipulated and used throughout the first book of this trilogy. Avery understands this reality herself, but the abusive qualities of her relationships with the Hawthornes is never truly addressed.

I thinks there’s so much potential for this story in books 2 and 3. I look forward to continuing this trilogy and hope to see a more overarching commentary about the ways in which money and influence can perpetuate abuse that goes unaddressed. These young characters need a lot of healing.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse

Moderate: Death of parent, Gun violence, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Physical abuse, Car accident, Classism, Domestic abuse, and Toxic relationship

lorenmarie7's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Gaslighting, Physical abuse, and Death

nehanaomi's review against another edition

mysterious fast-paced

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

4.0

I hate love triangles. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, Gun violence, and Blood

Moderate: Car accident, Physical abuse, Grief, Medical content, and Domestic abuse

dadimabookernow's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Grief, Gun violence, Abandonment, Death, and Toxic friendship

guitarmonkey4's review against another edition

adventurous challenging mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Death

Moderate: Abandonment, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Grief, Alcohol, Child death, and Chronic illness

amandalorianxo's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious reflective fast-paced

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

3.5

So I think this book should have been loads shorter as far as page number go but this was entertaining enough and easy to fly through with the extremely short chapters. Some of the plot twists I saw coming, others I didn’t.  I’m on the fence about Avery but I don’t like the grandkids except maybe Nash? I also despise love triangles and this book has one. I don’t understand what’s appealing about either grandson so 🤷🏽‍♀️ I think this is a huge flaw in a lot of YA books - not every book needs this. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Alcohol, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

matheo's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Gun violence, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Violence, Terminal illness, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Blood, Child death, Classism, Gaslighting, Stalking, and Chronic illness

Moderate: Car accident and Lesbophobia

Minor: Infertility

sabrinalefebvre's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious fast-paced

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

4.5

4.5 ⭐️ 

Finally deciding to read booktok books this year. This did not disappoint.
I decided to listen to the audiobook on Spotify during my roadtrip to Toronto. Needless to say I was thoroughly entertained.

Need A fast pace novel to hopefully get you out of a reading slump? Then I recommend listening to this one. It also has sequels if you end up loving it.

Grayson or Jameson? That is the question everyone is asking themselves. Which one should end up with Avery? And I’ll offer you the only correct answer.   None of the above. Avery describing Rebecca as beautiful and gorgeous every time she saw her is a little fruity. The alternative would be Grayson and Avery. As for Jameson, he belongs with me 😃

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Gun violence

Moderate: Abandonment, Alcohol, Death, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, and Car accident