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A review by vienna_books
The Inheritance Games by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
mysterious
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
1.75
Maybe I wasn’t in the right mood for this book but now that I finished it, I can’t help but feel disappointed. I was bored right until the very end and would have stopped reading around the 20% mark if I wasn’t reading it for a book club. The main character was a dull teenage girl, nothing about her was special.
The plot in a nutshell: poor teenager who sleeps in her car finds herself randomly inheriting billions of dollars from a guy she’s never heard about and needs to live a full year in his mansion. She shares the house with relatives of the deceased who are mad about not inheriting much. The whole story revolves around the question WHY the deceased left her all his assets and he left behind clues for her to figure this out. There is a little bit of romance hinted to as well which I found very unbelievable and insta-lovey.
I strongly disliked the whole thing - mostly because I really didn’t care about the Why-question. I would have preferred if her finding the reason was more of a side plot and there was a different main storyline instead. I can also already tell that I will forget everything that happened in this book and I know I won’t continue with the series.
The plot in a nutshell: poor teenager who sleeps in her car finds herself randomly inheriting billions of dollars from a guy she’s never heard about and needs to live a full year in his mansion. She shares the house with relatives of the deceased who are mad about not inheriting much. The whole story revolves around the question WHY the deceased left her all his assets and he left behind clues for her to figure this out. There is a little bit of romance hinted to as well which I found very unbelievable and insta-lovey.
I strongly disliked the whole thing - mostly because I really didn’t care about the Why-question. I would have preferred if her finding the reason was more of a side plot and there was a different main storyline instead. I can also already tell that I will forget everything that happened in this book and I know I won’t continue with the series.