Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

The Legacies by Jessica Goodman

19 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

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

bookedandbusy's review against another edition

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Murder, Drug abuse, Alcoholism, and Death of parent

Moderate: Abandonment

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

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