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The Brothers Hawthorne by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

22 reviews

_pauline's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.5

I have to agree with other reviews that the writing is repetitive and, in this book specifically, there’s quite a lot going on & many characters. however - thanks in part to the short chapters -  it’s easy & quick to read, and I was surprised by how much I enjoyed the focus on the brothers. I had rather low expectations since the premise of this 4th book differs from the first 3. books 1-3 seem to really belong together as a trilogy, whereas this one is more of an additional, separate story (or rather 2 in 1). I did jump between chapters once when the POV changed immediately after a cliffhanger - which happens a lot - & I wasn‘t in the mood to read 5 consecutive grayson chapters before continuing with jameson‘s cliffhanger situation. I see why some people might get annoyed/bored by the other (mostly grayson‘s) POVs, but most of the time it just kept me interested & I barely wanted to put the book down

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment and Violence

Moderate: Vomit

Minor: Addiction and Death

torturedreadersdept's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Dysphoria, Infidelity, Abandonment, Body horror, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, and Stalking

Minor: Misogyny, Kidnapping, Alcohol, Classism, Toxic relationship, Racism, and Sexual harassment

gillianengelbrecht'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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Infidelity, Death of parent, Kidnapping, Child death, Violence, Sexual harassment, and Grief

kimveach's review against another edition

adventurous challenging medium-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

3.5

I enjoyed the first three books in this series, but this one wasn't as good for me.  The number of characters continues to grow, and you need to have remembered people from the previous books.  I didn't remember them all, which made me feel like I was missing something.  If I had reread the last book or were reading it in a row (the way I would have as a teen), it would have been as exciting as the first three.  I'll give up on this series now.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Violence, Abandonment, Classism, Gaslighting, Stalking, Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

serena_hien's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful medium-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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail and Violence

jerseynoonatic's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful mysterious medium-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

5.0

I gave 5 stars mainly because of the new character that was introduced, Gigi. She's so much fun! I wish I could be friends with her.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Sexual harassment, Infidelity, Fire/Fire injury, Death of parent, Grief, and Violence

Minor: Blood and Murder

shesflippinpages's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Classism, Death of parent, Murder, Violence, Grief, Death, Infidelity, and Injury/Injury detail

oceanwriter's review

adventurous mysterious tense medium-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

3.0

The Inheritance Games is my guilty pleasure series. It’s so wild and something I wouldn’t normally enjoy, alas, here I am for the fourth installment. Though this wasn’t my favorite in the series, it was still a fun time by the end. 

 

Brothers Grayson and Jameson are at the forefront of the games this time around with a heavy focus on Grayson and his sisters. We see some over Avery, but this one is ultimately for the boys. 

 

It looks like I’m not alone in feeling like the first half of the book dragged. I was, frankly, so bored that at one point I stopped reading during a commute and opted just to stare out the train window instead. It took a little while to pick back up again. Thankfully, the last third of the book picked up immensely. 

 

Of all the brothers, Grayson and Jameson are the ones I care about the least. I felt like Jameson’s story was summed up decently in The Final Gambit alongside Avery. Grayson? Meh. I’m a Nash girl. (Side note: I think a lot of this book tried to amplify a reader attraction to the brothers and I am not in the age group where I have any interest on that front. So that was weird.) I was disappointed that we didn’t see much of Nash and Xander. 

 

The book left me more confused than pumped for another installment. There are questions left unanswered but without an urgency that was found midway through the first two books. I don’t think this book needed to exist to make the series complete. Will I read a fifth book? Sure. Will I have the same level of excitement I initially had about book four? No. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Death of parent, and Infidelity

Moderate: Violence, Death, and Grief

Minor: Addiction, Alcohol, and Emotional abuse

rinku's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment, Infidelity, Grief, Violence, Classism, Kidnapping, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Death, and Gun violence

Minor: Racism, Sexual content, Confinement, and Fire/Fire injury

savheath's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny lighthearted mysterious 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Infidelity, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Murder, Child death, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Sexual violence, Addiction, Kidnapping, Death, Confinement, and Death of parent