Reviews tagging 'Chronic illness'

The Inheritance Games by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

67 reviews

edlenem's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Death of parent

Minor: Gun violence, Blood, Car accident, and Injury/Injury detail

karapillar's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Oh my god. Wow. Wow wow wow! I regret not reading this book sooner. It is so. Stinking. Good. I like to think I’m pretty good at predicting endings, but this one through me for a loop! I had nooooo idea what was going to happen throughout the entire book. Twists, mysteries, and suspense kept  me turning up until literally the very last page. I’m obsessed. I’m starting book two immediately. Good bye, sleep!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Blood, Stalking, and Murder

Minor: Child death, Chronic illness, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Abandonment, and Alcohol

helenferg's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Chronic illness, Homophobia, Death of parent, and Abandonment

beca_reads's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

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

3.75

This is definitely overhyped on social media, especially TikTok. This gave me strong Knives out vibes, but luckily it had its own take on it. I struggled to get into this book. Normally with a mystery book I am hooked straight away but this just didn't; I would say that it was probably down to the pacing as I found it to be fairly slow throughout. I think the issue was there was no urgency to the plot which is what normally spurs a Mystery/Thriller forwards. There were also parts which were very predictable especially the ending. On the other hand I did like the characters especially Avery, and the atmosphere of the book was well set. 
 I'm definitely going to continue with the series as I want to see where it goes next. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Gun violence, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

thecourtofreading's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.5

“sometimes things that appear very different on the surface are actually exactly the same at their core.”

what i liked the most about this book were the short chapters. honestly, if this book had long chapters, i wouldn’t have been engaged, because i hated the first, i’d say, quarter, two quarters of this book? every character annoyed me, no more than the main character—she was insufferable. there were too many introduced all at once that i basically forgot who was who and it was a big “wait who’s this?” everytime someone other than the main character(s) spoke or were mentioned. however, the mystery was interesting enough to get me hooked, albeit a little lacklustre and anticlimactic at the end. although it ended on a cliffhanger, it wasn’t really enough to keep me interested, so i don’t think i’ll be reading the next book

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Chronic illness, Death, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Gun violence and Death of parent

Minor: Alcohol

deenice2819's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship

Moderate: Death, Gun violence, Homophobia, Toxic relationship, Grief, Death of parent, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Minor: Chronic illness, Cursing, Terminal illness, Blood, and Medical content

nessabali's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring mysterious tense medium-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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, and Grief

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Toxic relationship, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, and Gaslighting

goldsbuc's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death and Toxic relationship

Minor: Chronic illness, Death, Gun violence, Blood, Grief, Car accident, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

norwegianforestreader's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious relaxing 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

Graphic: Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Classism

Minor: Biphobia, Self harm, and Abandonment

tressa_the_elephant's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Death

Minor: Chronic illness and Medical content