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The Legacies by Jessica Goodman

15 reviews

lazstearns's review

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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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sassyykassie's review

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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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bookedandbusy's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense 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? Yes

5.0

Another fantastic thriller!! I loved this one!! It was suspenseful and tense and I couldn’t stop guessing!! 
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mag_doll's review

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dark mysterious tense 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? Yes

4.25

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madyvaughn's review

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challenging dark 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

3.75

This book would have been five stars for me if it didn’t have all the drugs, alcohol, and cheating. Usually I can do alcohol in books but they way one of the characters used it was not okay.
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alykate's review

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dark emotional mysterious fast-paced
  • Diverse cast of characters? No

5.0

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hckilgour's review

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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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jillkaarlela's review against another edition

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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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leos_library's review

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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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avidreaderandgeekgirl's review against another edition

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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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