Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

The Inheritance Games by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

364 reviews

justmeandmybooks's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny 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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Death, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Gun violence and Death of parent

madalina0_0's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious relaxing tense medium-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: Toxic friendship, Stalking, Abandonment, and Gun violence

Moderate: Emotional abuse

Minor: Murder, Child abuse, and Death

delanie91203's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Death, and Death of parent

curlykristenk's review against another edition

adventurous 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

It was good, I think

the ending was a little anticlimactic

. But overall I found it easy to read and intriguing.

I liked Emily’s character and finding out about that night

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Death, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Injury/Injury detail and Gun violence

sop17hie's review against another edition

adventurous tense medium-paced

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

2.5

Kind of dropped off, I didn't care by the middle. 

Chosen one but modern setting, reminded me of the "39 Clues" series but less intense. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Toxic relationship, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Classism and Death of parent

Minor: Incest

immaculori's review against another edition

funny 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? N/A

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, and Grief

Minor: Gun violence

itstruly_flower's review against another edition

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

rubyduller's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

this book gave me what i needed. an easy-to-read, mysterious, funny, romantic book filled with plot-twists. was it the best book i’ve ever read? no, but it was enjoyable. i really enjoyed all the secrets the hawthorne house had to offer, with hidden passages and symbols around every corner. it fufilled my childhood dream of having a house with a secret tunnel to each room. what captivated me the most was probably the romantic side plots and constant indecisiveness about which brother i wanted avery to end up with. i think the author did this well without losing the plot throughout the book. i’m very excited to start the second book of the series ‘the hawthorne legacy’ after reading the teaser of the first 3 chapters in the inheritance games. this book is good if you’re wanting to get out of a reading slump or to indulge in the billionaire lifestyle on the side.overall, i’ve given this book a 3.75 star rating as i felt that it didn’t really stand out to me or connect with me enough to rate it any higher.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Chronic illness, Gun violence, and Child death

Minor: Car accident and Alcohol

literarymary95's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious fast-paced

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

3.5

The only reason this isn't a 4 star rating is because I felt that it was a bit predictable. Granted, if I read this 12-15 years ago, it might not feel as predictable. I blame watching tons of murder mystery shows...

Don't worry murder is not actually part of this book

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Toxic relationship, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Death of parent and Gun violence

_lana_'s review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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? No

4.25

This book is so good. I never really read mystery novels but I literally couldn’t put this book down. It never had a dull moment and I always had to immediately read the next chapter! 110% recommend and now I’m going to force my best friend to read it too! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, and Gun violence