Reviews tagging 'Murder'

The Hawthorne Legacy by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

111 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

tgbrickhill's review

adventurous dark emotional funny inspiring mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Addiction, Fire/Fire injury, Violence, Murder, Alcohol, and Drug use

_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

aas's review

adventurous emotional mysterious sad 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death of parent, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, Violence, Drug abuse, Abandonment, and Grief

guessgreenleaf's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny lighthearted mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Death of parent, Kidnapping, and Murder

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Drug abuse

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

araiapapaya's review

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Death, Drug abuse, and Drug use

Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Kidnapping, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, Violence, and Murder

mjeanette_'s review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

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

4.25

- overall a good read! 
- there was a lot more emotion that i picked up on and i really liked that
- i think libby’s storyline was a little sidelined but there’s also a lot of characters so i kinda get it

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Kidnapping, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Kidnapping, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Stalking

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

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