Reviews tagging 'Child death'

The Inheritance Games by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

106 reviews

_egg_wash's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful mysterious 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Child death, Death, Death of parent, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Gun violence

Minor: Alcohol

cleina241's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Murder, Alcohol, Grief, and Gun violence

Minor: Death of parent and Domestic abuse

karapillar's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Oh my god. Wow. Wow wow wow! I regret not reading this book sooner. It is so. Stinking. Good. I like to think I’m pretty good at predicting endings, but this one through me for a loop! I had nooooo idea what was going to happen throughout the entire book. Twists, mysteries, and suspense kept  me turning up until literally the very last page. I’m obsessed. I’m starting book two immediately. Good bye, sleep!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Violence, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Classism, Death, and Grief

Moderate: Blood, Stalking, Infidelity, Murder, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Abandonment, Alcohol, Child death, Chronic illness, Homophobia, and Lesbophobia

helenferg's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted mysterious 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Gun violence, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Grief, Toxic relationship, Child death, and Drug use

Moderate: Abandonment, Homophobia, Chronic illness, and Death of parent

keats_the_listener's review against another edition

tense medium-paced

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

2.0

I honestly was hoping more for this book as it was recommended by someone who recommended it in the same conversation as A discussion of Knives Out.  The book is just a series of toxic conversations and relationships.  I just didn’t get the appeal 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Terminal illness, Bullying, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, Body shaming, Child death, and Classism

mmage's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Violence, and Death of parent

Moderate: Cursing, Grief, Toxic relationship, Domestic abuse, Alcohol, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, and Murder

Minor: Car accident

krxxtxn's review against another edition

adventurous challenging mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.75

I was really interested in reading this book, and I’ll say it was decent! Definitely not a 5 star read, but entertaining and a quick read which I enjoyed. The characters were fine, I honestly felt like none of them had any main development. All of the brothers felt the same honestly and I couldn’t even tell you main characterization that made them different from each other, besides their ages. The main character Avery, wasn’t necessarily lovable or kind, she was honestly felt as if she was a self insert in a way? Like literally I can’t even imagine a face for this poor girl, no distinct style or anything. It’s no big issue, especially when you realize it’s a series I’m expecting more personality to come. Tobias Hawthorne, he is interesting and not really a spoiler but he’s dead. I feel more connected to him than any other character. If a reader is connecting to your dead character more than anyone, you should probably add more substance to your character. The story is the most interesting part of this if you’re looking for a good story read this, but don’t expect much out of the characters.  However, the main issue I had with the book was the pacing and the chapters. I’m not sure if it was to build suspense or what, but it felt awkward. To me, chapters represent new scenes/ dramatic twist/ what have you, but the chapter would end (mind you after being only 2 pages long) just to go back into wherever it left off! With having chapter endings that weren’t really endings, made it hard to find a natural pausing moment to goto bed. I understand maybe doing it once or twice for suspense or something, but it felt as if every chapter was like this, it honestly was so distracting. The story was interesting, and I enjoyed it but the answer to the whole thing felt kinda short and I’m not very satisfied, I understand it is a series so hopefully the next books fulfill me in the way that I am hoping. Other than that it was a decent read and I am looking forward to more.

TLDR; Decent book, chapters are awkward, nothing to write home about characters, will continue series. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Death of parent

Moderate: Child death

bentobookdragon11's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Pregnancy

Minor: Child death and Cursing

*kissing* *two lgbtq+ characters*

beca_reads's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-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? It's complicated

3.75

This is definitely overhyped on social media, especially TikTok. This gave me strong Knives out vibes, but luckily it had its own take on it. I struggled to get into this book. Normally with a mystery book I am hooked straight away but this just didn't; I would say that it was probably down to the pacing as I found it to be fairly slow throughout. I think the issue was there was no urgency to the plot which is what normally spurs a Mystery/Thriller forwards. There were also parts which were very predictable especially the ending. On the other hand I did like the characters especially Avery, and the atmosphere of the book was well set. 
 I'm definitely going to continue with the series as I want to see where it goes next. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, Child death, and Death of parent

thecourtofreading's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.5

“sometimes things that appear very different on the surface are actually exactly the same at their core.”

what i liked the most about this book were the short chapters. honestly, if this book had long chapters, i wouldn’t have been engaged, because i hated the first, i’d say, quarter, two quarters of this book? every character annoyed me, no more than the main character—she was insufferable. there were too many introduced all at once that i basically forgot who was who and it was a big “wait who’s this?” everytime someone other than the main character(s) spoke or were mentioned. however, the mystery was interesting enough to get me hooked, albeit a little lacklustre and anticlimactic at the end. although it ended on a cliffhanger, it wasn’t really enough to keep me interested, so i don’t think i’ll be reading the next book

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Chronic illness, Death, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Death of parent and Gun violence

Minor: Alcohol