Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

The Hawthorne Legacy by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

130 reviews

litliz's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment

Minor: Alcohol, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Stalking, Pregnancy, Addiction, Body horror, Dementia, Drug abuse, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Cursing, Death, Dysphoria, Gun violence, Miscarriage, Violence, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Infertility, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, and Medical content

_marycappiello3's review

dark emotional funny mysterious sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Fire/Fire injury, Kidnapping, Violence, Death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Child death, Murder, and Death of parent

violet_viper's review

adventurous emotional funny mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence

Moderate: Addiction, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, and Grief

stllyltc's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional reflective sad 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

5.0

It was packed with more mystery and always had to insert a twist than the normal plot twists in history. Many side characters were introduced, and the characters from book 1 stayed true to their personalities. Although there's the frustration of the heroine's confusions and doubts, it showed readers that everything is not as it seems. This was good enough as a duology, but knowing it still has another installment is not so bad as well.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Stalking, Murder, Kidnapping, Medical content, Blood, Confinement, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Gun violence, Infidelity, Child death, Addiction, Death, Pregnancy, Violence, and Abandonment

teabrewer's review

adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.5

The beggining and the middle were pretty good, if you ignore that

if Toby was Avery's dad, Jameson would be her cousin.

The end felt a bit rushed and I didn't like that

Mellie's plot twist came with basically no foreshaddowing

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I didn't really why Avery's mom got with Rick and had get if she din't really like him and made a point of not getting with anyone else since she was in love with Toby. Why make Ricky, of all people, an exception? I also didn't like when Toby called Avery his daughter but treated her so differently from Eve.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping and Alcohol

Moderate: Death, Gun violence, and Murder

broken_motherfucker's review

adventurous emotional 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? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

I'm oh so very confused. This book was marvellous and all but what the hell was going on in the last 100 pages.

Avery gets bombed, put into a coma, gets technically kidnapped from a hospital, survives whatever was actually wrong, then once she's fully healed, she actually gets kidnapped, nearly shot at yet again and still uncovers the mystery and saves the day all in a week. A week. I need whatever drug she was taking because jesus christ, she can't catch a damn break. This girl was just trying to live her life and now she's hella traumatise. What the hell!

I enjoyed this book more than the last. I like that

Jameson and Greyson

were more bearable this time. Last book I thought they had the personality of a wet paper towel. Anyway, good book, 4 stars, keep it up Jennifer!  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Death

Moderate: Kidnapping, Stalking, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Medical content, Gun violence, Cursing, and Addiction

Minor: Infidelity, Medical trauma, Infertility, and Miscarriage

There's also a few mentions of amnesia and talking with the dead throughout.

sam_gartley91's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful 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? It's complicated

4.5

Another fun book of twists and turns! I loved it picked up right where the previous one finished and we could keep learning more about the characters. I really kept wanting to find out what happened to Toby. The escalated quickly and am glad they finally had a chance to talk. I’m curious where the series will go next!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Violence, Medical content, Fire/Fire injury, Death, Gun violence, Stalking, and Grief

Minor: Pregnancy

literarymary95's review

adventurous emotional 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? No

4.25

I increased the star rating by almost an entire star compared to its predecessor in the series because it was far less predictable and it really kept me wanting to read even more.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Kidnapping, and Death

Moderate: Gun violence, Murder, Stalking, and Death of parent

Minor: Miscarriage, Addiction, and Drug abuse

justmeandmybooks's review

adventurous challenging emotional 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Kidnapping, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Death of parent, Murder, and Gun violence

Minor: Drug abuse, Addiction, and Miscarriage

megbook's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Gun violence and Miscarriage