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The Inheritance Games by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

111 reviews

merah's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny inspiring mysterious relaxing 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

5.0

One of the BEST books I've read in a while. 
The characters are so loveable. 
A thrilling story with some very unexpected twists. 
And: short chapters!! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Gun violence, Classism, Death of parent, Violence, Murder, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Medical content, Biphobia, Terminal illness, Injury/Injury detail, Child death, Violence, Lesbophobia, Abandonment, Physical abuse, Car accident, Blood, and Alcohol

nora_knight's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.25

The writing was not great, almost entirely dialogue. The plot was interesting but leaned heavily into cliches and the brothers are all clones of each other with slightly different tropes. The mystery of it was intriguing enough for me to want to finish the book but barely. Also almost nothing gets resolved by the end of the book.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Domestic abuse, and Physical abuse

edlenem's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Chronic illness, and Death of parent

Minor: Blood, Car accident, Gun violence, and Injury/Injury detail

ttumbletree's review against another edition

adventurous funny inspiring mysterious 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

4.0

I didn’t expect to like this book as much as I did. I thought it’d be predictable and not really my style. But despite my expectations, the book had me hooked within a couple of pages. I loved guessing along with the characters about what would happen and how they would solve each mystery. 
What I do have to say though, is that the book sometimes feels like a teen drama show. This is not a bad thing (one look at my old tumblr reveals how much I obsessed over teen drama shows, so yeah, definitely not a bad thing) but I still wanted to point it out. 
The only reason I didn’t give the book five stars is the fact that I don’t really vibe with love triangles. So far it wasn’t even all that bad, but love triangles just always leave a bad taste in my mouth. But oh well, I’ll see what happens in the next book. 
See, that’s another positive thing about the book, I didn’t wait a single second after finishing the book, before I ordered the sequel. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Blood, Bullying, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Grief, Violence, and Medical content

Moderate: Child abuse, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Fire/Fire injury

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

oliviagrace2806's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment, Death, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, and Death of parent

katiejohns's review against another edition

adventurous challenging mysterious reflective 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse and Physical abuse

bookishlysophie's review against another edition

adventurous 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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

I feel like this is an excellent start to the series. The characters are complex and the plot is fleshed out with plenty of hints and red herrings. My drawback is that I feel that there is a lot left to be said but that will likely come with reading the sequel. I’d highly recommend.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse and Physical abuse

Minor: Abandonment

laurastracey's review against another edition

mysterious medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gaslighting and Physical abuse

theespressoedition's review against another edition

emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Wow wow WOW! When people say this book is good, they're not messing around. This book is good. You've probably heard that it resembles Knives Out, and that description is spot-on! I was only a few chapters in before I exclaimed aloud (to my very kind husband who regularly has to listen to me spout my thoughts on books while we're in bed at night and he'd rather be watching YouTube) that "OMG this is so much like Knives Out!" But... it might be, dare I say... better? 

I have always been a sucker for a good mystery. As a kid, I loved finding the most obscure kid's mystery books (no Nancy Drew or Hardy Boys for me) and seeing how quickly I could solve them. Bonus points if it happened before the halfway point. As an adult, this has become nearly a toxic trait because I see things coming from a mile away. Usually, even with mystery books, I'm disappointed when I realize that I've discovered all of the plot twists before they happen. This is even the case when I'm watching TV shows (again, bless my dear husband who has to listen to me tell him my predictions, which often ruins whatever we watch because I'm typically right - oops) and it becomes quite irritating after a while. I just want something to surprise me!

The Inheritance Games surprised me - over and over and over again. There weren't necessarily jaw-dropping moments where I thought, "OMG IT WAS THEM?!" so much as subtle twists and turns that kept me on my toes. It was so satisfying to read, predict, and then be swept away towards another direction, only to be pleasantly surprised when that earlier detail came back up again in a way that was unexpected. I had a tough time putting the book down for this exact reason!

I loved the different characters in this. You really never know who to trust, who's to blame, and what the motives are for any character at any given time and that is such fun. I certainly have my favorites (Xander and Libby) but it'll be interesting to see how everyone develops over the rest of the series.

Do yourself a favor and read this book ASAP because it really is that good (in case my earlier pronouncement of this wasn't enough).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Death

Minor: Abandonment, Gun violence, and Murder