Reviews tagging 'Grief'

The Inheritance Games by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

140 reviews

litliz's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dysphoria, Alcohol, Child death, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Infidelity, Toxic friendship, Stalking, Gaslighting, Violence, Medical content, Body horror, Cursing, Blood, Car accident, Death, Toxic relationship, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Grief, Abandonment, Classism, Emotional abuse, Lesbophobia, Physical abuse, and Chronic illness

aas's review against another edition

emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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, Toxic relationship, Injury/Injury detail, Abandonment, Death of parent, and Grief

monicalaurette's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious fast-paced

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

3.0

So this book to me had a lot of potential because I like hidden passages and riddles like they were advertised - and luckily I got that and had at least a good time trying to also figure out what those were.

The main thing I didn’t like about this book were the characters and their interactions with each other. All of the romance that was there just seemed weird to me.

Grayson being over 18 and Avery being under 18 just gave me weird vibes when they were having ~moments~ together.

Because I really didn’t care for many of the characters or their storylines as it pertained to the story, I didn’t have as much fun as I could have. The twist at the end was odd and something that I wasn’t expecting - but the additional twists with the Hawthorne family wasn’t enough to make me want to read the next book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, Chronic illness, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Death of parent, Grief, Gun violence, Medical content, and Death

_marycappiello3's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny mysterious tense fast-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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Gun violence, Death, and Physical abuse

Minor: Emotional abuse, Grief, Child death, Death of parent, and Gaslighting

hsnider's review against another edition

mysterious medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Blood, Death of parent, and Grief

Minor: Emotional abuse, Alcohol, and Car accident

things100's review against another edition

adventurous challenging lighthearted mysterious 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

5.0

An amazing book I love this series so far can’t wait to continue the series and see what happens next especially with that cliffhanger which I’ll admit I thought was going to happen but still I need to know what happens next 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Death of parent

Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Sexual content, Biphobia, Classism, and Grief

camillewhowrites's review against another edition

adventurous challenging mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Child death, Death, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Minor: Cursing

broken_motherfucker's review against another edition

adventurous funny 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

I really liked this book. There was points were I was asking myself what was actually happening but it was still good.
It's not perfect in my eyes. It has it flaws but it's still enjoyable. Very easy to read very quickly.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Violence

Moderate: Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Alcohol

Minor: Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Grief, Emotional abuse, and Car accident

becca_w_'s review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Classism, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Domestic abuse, Blood, Child death, and Violence

Moderate: Alcohol and Car accident

Minor: Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Child death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Racism, Medical content, Terminal illness, Abandonment, Bullying, and Stalking

curlykristenk's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious fast-paced

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

4.0

It was good, I think

the ending was a little anticlimactic

. But overall I found it easy to read and intriguing.

I liked Emily’s character and finding out about that night

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Death, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Injury/Injury detail and Gun violence