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A review by phoenix2
The Grandest Game by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
adventurous
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
0.75
'The Grandest Game' is the first book of the new series that takes place a few years after the events that happened in the Inheritance games.
Honestly, this one was a desperate effort to keep the series alive and it showed. The story is so watered down and follows the pattern of the rest of the books, with hardly any character development and paper-thin characters, that gets boring faster than the 'The Brothers Hawthorne' did.
The riddles, moreover, were tedious and not as inspiring as the ones in the first books, which didn't aid the plot at all. The characters were stereotypes and had no special flare to them, hence, the love stories were eye-rolling and too sudden, as the feelings between almost strangers were developed in a night!
Also, that old woman who kept hinting at things but never said what she meant was annoying. Not to mention that most of the participants in the grandest game were rich and with no need of the prize...
I don't know if the second book gets better, but if this continues I'm afraid it will ruin the rest of the series for me.
Honestly, this one was a desperate effort to keep the series alive and it showed. The story is so watered down and follows the pattern of the rest of the books, with hardly any character development and paper-thin characters, that gets boring faster than the 'The Brothers Hawthorne' did.
The riddles, moreover, were tedious and not as inspiring as the ones in the first books, which didn't aid the plot at all. The characters were stereotypes and had no special flare to them, hence, the love stories were eye-rolling and too sudden, as the feelings between almost strangers were developed in a night!
Also, that old woman who kept hinting at things but never said what she meant was annoying. Not to mention that most of the participants in the grandest game were rich and with no need of the prize...
I don't know if the second book gets better, but if this continues I'm afraid it will ruin the rest of the series for me.