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The Legacies by Jessica Goodman

15 reviews

lazstearns's review

mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.5

The Legacies is, unfortunately, not Goodman’s strongest work, with its “twists” playing out fairly predictably. It touches lightly on social class issues, but overall stays firmly a shallow teen mystery. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism and Drug abuse

Moderate: Murder, Death of parent, Blood, Death, and Classism

Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Toxic relationship, Suicide, Toxic friendship, and Vomit

alykate's review

dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug use, Toxic friendship, Alcoholism, Classism, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Alcohol, and Death

caitlyn_kittle_kinnick's review

dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, Violence, Death of parent, Addiction, Death, Toxic relationship, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Blood, and Alcohol

jillkaarlela's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

3.25

Taylor Swift songs: “Look What You Made Me Do”

Age rating: 14+ (No sexual content, but language, violence, substance abuse)

I wouldn’t say this is my favorite Jessica Goodman book, but I thought this was still good! The rich private school setting with an elite club was an interesting concept! I think having 3 different POVs made it a little difficult to keep up at first, but eventually I was able to keep up and make sense of it. I do think it was a very interesting choice to not even reveal who died until the very end! This book did keep me guessing and had many turns I would not have expected! Overall, it was pretty good! 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Violence, Drug use, Alcoholism, Death, and Drug abuse

haleybre's review

dark mysterious tense medium-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, Addiction, Death of parent, Alcohol, Child death, and Death

Moderate: Abandonment, Grief, Toxic relationship, Infidelity, Sexual content, Vomit, Classism, Bullying, and Fire/Fire injury

libraryghost's review against another edition

mysterious tense medium-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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Addiction, Drug abuse, and Infidelity

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Vomit

samepaige's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

Gossip Girl meets Big Little Lies in this twisty thriller set in NYC’s elite social circles.

Jessica Goodman is an auto-borrow author for me. Her YA thrillers are so good and they never *feel* YA, you know what I mean?

I actually liked most of the main characters, except Skylar. For a bunch of rich kids, they weren’t the most annoying.

I do wish the ending was extended. I don’t want to spoil anything, but I wish the author expanded more on what happened after. Some people will enjoy the ending that is open to interpretation.

highlights:

• quick read that keeps you wanting more

• POV from three main characters, plus unbiased narrative chapters of what happens immediately after the murder

• fun pop-culture references

thank you NetGalley + Penguin for this ARC. The Legacies it out now!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death

notlikethebeer's review

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

• 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? It's complicated

3.25

This was fun enough! It was interesting and fairly layered, keeping me gripped throughout - I particularly liked the way that the 'on the night' sections kept you guessing as to who had fallen. There was also a lot of interesting stuff about class, and a little about addiction, although the latter could have been better explored maybe. I don't think it's Jessica Goodman's best, and some of the twists were a bit predictable, but definitely not a bad read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Addiction, and Drug use

Moderate: Classism

avidreaderandgeekgirl's review against another edition

emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• 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? Yes

4.25

    An ultra-elite club invite to a scholarship student? But who nominated her and why? What sins of the past, and current sins got her in? And who ends up dead, and why?

    I didn't know who was going to be the one who was dead until the reveal. However, I guessed the who killed them part. I also say other parts of the story coming, mostly revolving around the settlement. I did like how the past with Tori's mom intersected with the now and Tori's life. 

    However, most of the characters weren't very likable, which made the book a bit harder to enjoy. Though all the narrators were excellent!  

    It was overall a good thriller with lots of twists and turns. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Death, Infidelity, Drug abuse, Toxic relationship, Misogyny, Drug use, Toxic friendship, Addiction, Alcohol, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Sexual content, Death of parent, Vomit, Violence, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Blood, Murder, and Gaslighting

betweentheshelves's review against another edition

mysterious tense 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? Yes

3.0

Jessica Goodman is always good for a quick, fun mystery/thriller read and this one is no different! This time, it's set at an event for private school students, trying to get into The Legacy club. But there's possibly something sinister going on in the background that leads to the death of one of the students.

People who like things like Gossip Girl or Pretty Little Liars will probably thoroughly enjoy this one! I found the mystery a little easy to figure out, but that's part of the reason I like coming back to these books. They always guarantee a twisty mystery and definitely make for quick reads.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, and Alcohol

Moderate: Alcoholism, Addiction, and Death of parent

Minor: Sexual content, Panic attacks/disorders, and Death