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The Naturals by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

119 reviews

sam_gartley91's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad 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? It's complicated

4.25

I love mysteries and trying to guess who did it and how. I did not guess this killer! Rather everyone but them so JLB got me! Excited to read on in the next book! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Blood, Child abuse, Violence, Gun violence, and Murder

Moderate: Kidnapping

gabby_tijerina's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child abuse, Torture, Physical abuse, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Stalking, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Abandonment

grace33's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Violence, Torture, Murder, Stalking, Death of parent, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Grief, and Panic attacks/disorders

anna_333's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Kept me on my toes the entire fricking time, got me out of a longgg slump 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Kidnapping, Murder, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Grief, Blood, Child abuse, Death of parent, Abandonment, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, and Violence

Minor: Gun violence, Animal cruelty, Gaslighting, Animal death, Emotional abuse, Torture, and Physical abuse

hellssecretary's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.25

More intriguing than you would expect.
The Naturals take you through the mind of killers, victims, and our main character Cassie, natural profiler, in a suspensful way, while combining elements of suprise, mystery and fear.
The last 50 pages of the book are packed with plottwists upon plottwists, and final one comes so out of blue that you will be turning back the pages wondering i didn't even think of this.

Plot-wise and character-wise, this book lays a good ground for the rest of the series.

Main mystery is carried from one book to the next, with a whole added layer, but character cast is also left space for development. Particularly, when talking about emotions, with Michael talking to Cassie about his feelings, giving her green light to think about hers and what she will do, although it's very clear from his confession that he knows he won't be the final choice.

Compared to author's other work, The Inheritance Games, The Naturals lack only one thing - character and relationship compecity, translatd into words. While both books have interesting casts of characters, who spend all their days together, The Naturals doesn't bother with explaining and expanding on their closeness, their feelings are vague, with rare mentions of daily interactions and that'  also just to serve the plot.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Violence

Moderate: Torture, Confinement, Kidnapping, and Murder

Minor: Stalking

kait907's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

3.75

even though it was fairly predictable and the characters seemed cliche at points, it was FUN idc.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Violence

rylin_marie's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Cursing, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, Gaslighting, Death of parent, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Trafficking, Child death, Addiction, Blood, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Murder, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Medical trauma, Kidnapping, Mass/school shootings, Medical content, Torture, Violence, and Vomit

ennefabi's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Blood, Death, Death of parent, and Violence

flying_mous3's review

adventurous challenging emotional funny mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Violence

Minor: Physical abuse

tuvrok's review against another edition

adventurous dark informative mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Murder