Reviews tagging 'Addiction'

The Legacies by Jessica Goodman

13 reviews

sassyykassie's review

lighthearted 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

4.5

* thank you Penguin house an earc in exchange for an honest review*
 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Grief, Bullying, Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, and Vomit

Minor: Blood

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

hckilgour's review

medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

So the mystery aspect of this book is fantastic. Throughout the entire book you can’t tell who died. With each flashforward you get a little information. Enough to make your theories change.

I didn’t call the ending.

Isabel as a pov seemed an odd choice to me. She didn’t seem to have much to do with the central plot.

As for Bernie, I felt like there was a lot of naivety in the beginning. And as the story goes her eyes are opened to how people get power.  

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction and Alcoholism

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

leos_library's review

mysterious reflective fast-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Minor: Classism, Death of parent, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug use, and Bullying

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

bekah1210's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse and Drug use

Moderate: Death of parent and Addiction

Minor: Infidelity

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