Reviews tagging 'Blood'

The Inheritance Games by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

94 reviews

amber2005's review against another edition

adventurous 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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood and Death

Minor: Gun violence

saskiahill's review against another edition

fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Murder, Gun violence, Terminal illness, Blood, Car accident, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, Death, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Alcohol and Kidnapping

litliz's review

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

_marycappiello3's review

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

klaraax's review

adventurous emotional 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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gun violence, Terminal illness, Blood, Toxic relationship, Death, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Domestic abuse, and Physical abuse

Minor: Death of parent

hsnider's review

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

becca_w_'s review

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

shannonvonpesach's review against another edition

adventurous challenging 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? No

4.5

I would love to give 5 stars but I do feel Max and Thea are quite unnecessary. Furthermore loved the puzzles and overall story.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood

itstruly_flower's review

adventurous challenging informative mysterious 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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Death, and Grief

Moderate: Death of parent and Gun violence

Minor: Blood, Lesbophobia, Cursing, and Stalking

bkc's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious fast-paced

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

4.0

This was quite a good read. At the beginning, I was completely hooked. It was exactly the kind of YA book I was after! The characters were interesting, as was the premise of the book.

However, the charm started to wear off around the time she started her new prep school. As much as I liked Avery, her thoughts started to get quite repetitive. E.g. the fact that Libby would never hurt her. The quote from Nash. Emily. It may have been to remind the reader of how everything links together, but it made the story a bit boring at times. In contrast, I was constantly thinking about it when I started it.

Even though I liked the Hawthorne brothers, I didn't feel a strong affinity with any of the characters in the book. Everyone is nice enough but I wasn't obsessed with anyone. Furthermore, everyone is majorly traumatised in some way and could do some help. Avery seemed alright at first but I think she's headed the same way.

The writing style was simple in my view, but fast-paced, and the story was easy to follow. I thought that the mystery element was alright but it didn't grip me. I wasn't dying to figure it out.

I would definitely recommend the book if you're looking for a good YA read, as I did enjoy it. It just didn't get me obsessed.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Blood, Domestic abuse, and Violence