Reviews tagging 'Murder'

The Final Gambit by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

119 reviews

fiercereadsfiction's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional inspiring 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Violence

Minor: Gun violence

saskiahill's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Death of parent, Abandonment, Murder, Pregnancy, Toxic relationship, Torture, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Violence, Child death, Grief, Stalking, and Suicide

torturedreadersdept's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful 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

Moderate: Death of parent, Kidnapping, Blood, Death, Violence, Confinement, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Cursing, Dysphoria, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Misogyny, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Pregnancy, Sexism, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Sexual harassment, Animal cruelty, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Sexual violence

_marycappiello3's review against another edition

dark emotional 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? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Kidnapping, Death, and Adult/minor relationship

mjeanette_'s review against another edition

adventurous hopeful mysterious fast-paced

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

4.25

- overall a fun read!
- plot points all felt fleshed out, no lingering mysteries at the end
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nash and libby together <3

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Murder, Toxic relationship, Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Injury/Injury detail, and Death

aas's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Adult/minor relationship, Confinement, Torture, Abandonment, Death, Pedophilia, Murder, and Physical abuse

heidipretzel's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Adult/minor relationship, Kidnapping, and Murder

nikkiblack17's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Physical abuse, and Violence

Minor: Adult/minor relationship

teabrewer's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

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

1.5

The series should have ended on the second book, at least. All I could think since the very first page was that the author was really scrapping the bottom of a barrel where the food was also slightly past expiration date. Maybe if this book wasn't part of this series I would have been slightly more tolerant. To b honest, at some points I just skipped full pagest to end the suffering sooner. I do appreciate that the author at least tried to pretend this all had been planned from the beggining but there are only so many places a story  that was already finished could go.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Murder, Adult/minor relationship, and Kidnapping

literarymary95's review against another edition

adventurous challenging 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

4.0

Just like the previous books, this kept me guessing the motives of Hawthorne bringing her into the fold and giving her his inheritance. The ending made sense and made reading the trilogy worth it. I don't plan to read the other books that follow as they're extra and not necessarily continuing the current story line but seem more like a companion style book but after the events of the trilogy.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Murder, and Adult/minor relationship

Moderate: Violence, Death, and Death of parent

Minor: Sexual assault and Gun violence