Reviews tagging 'Grief'

The Hawthorne Legacy by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

57 reviews

purplepenning'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? No

3.75

I want to reallllllly like these, but I'm only finding them mostly okay and entertaining, which is starting to annoy me. Yes, there are whiplash levels of twisty, interesting reveals, but the puzzles and clues feel kind of basic. Combined with the angsty love-triangle-ness of it all, it just feels a bit juvenile compared to other YA mysteries I've enjoyed. It's still a pretty fun ride, though, so I'm definitely go on to book 3. And Max is the best — she's with 3 stars just on her own!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Violence, Abandonment, Addiction, Blood, Grief, Infidelity, Fire/Fire injury, Medical trauma, Medical content, Drug abuse, and Gun violence

Minor: Infertility, Sexual content, and Pregnancy

c_e_w's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny lighthearted 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? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Abandonment, Alcohol, Addiction, Miscarriage, and Pregnancy

kaitlinlovesbooks's review

adventurous mysterious tense medium-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? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Grief, Kidnapping, Murder, Drug abuse, Death of parent, and Violence

Other brief content warnings include death threats, PTSD, arson, and amnesia.

mermaidmommy19's review

3.75

I enjoyed this a lot! I thought it was much better than the first book! It was still pretty predictable and the ending left me going 😑 but I'm excited to see what develops in book three!

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Content Warnings

Minor: Infertility, Murder, Kidnapping, Pregnancy, Drug use, Grief, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Addiction, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Suicide attempt, and Violence

ohgull's review

dark emotional mysterious sad fast-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Kidnapping, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, and Grief

Moderate: Death of parent and Gun violence

Minor: Drug abuse

nehanaomi's review

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

4.0

bruh how can it be this hard to just pick a boy 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Stalking, Medical content, Abandonment, Kidnapping, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Gun violence

Moderate: Addiction, Infertility, Miscarriage, Alcohol, Death of parent, Forced institutionalization, Drug abuse, Grief, and Infidelity

stormzx's review

adventurous dark mysterious 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? No

5.0

SO GOOD OML #teamgraysonandjameson

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Grief and Gun violence

Minor: Stalking and Miscarriage

matheo's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious

• 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Medical content, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Child death, Confinement, Miscarriage, Addiction, Murder, Physical abuse, Blood, Body horror, Dementia, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Abandonment, Death, Drug abuse, Infertility, Kidnapping, and Grief

bookishgoob's review

adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

5.0

What an amazing sequel to an already amazing beginning. I loved every part of this story, the mystery, the love story, the pining, the ins and outs. It was such a fun story and i absolutely can not wait until the third and final book drops in a couple of weeks. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Alcohol, Blood, Classism, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Medical content, Grief, Gun violence, Kidnapping, and Murder

caitlin033's review

adventurous emotional mysterious fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping

Moderate: Grief and Abandonment

Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Child death