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The Inheritance Games by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

19 reviews

stephmcoakley's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• 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: Bullying, Child death, Death, Gun violence, Toxic relationship, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

thequiltyreader's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful 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

4.5

Nice mystery / escape room style read. Short chapters worked well and kept the pace of the book nice and quick. I have to say I did work out a key part of the plot really early on but it didn't take away any of the enjoyment.

I would have enjoyed learning a bit more about the Hawthorn brothers as it feels like they all have interesting stories behind them. I also felt some parts of the story were kind of brushed over / rushed past when I had hoped for a bit more info.

Overall really enjoyable read and looking forward to picking up the next in the series.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Bullying, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Car accident, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

emilywemily6's review against another edition

mysterious fast-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? It's complicated

3.75

This was a fun read, though having the love triangle between two emotionally distant brothers was tiring and very insta-lovey. Solving the puzzles was an interesting driver in the plot. I kind of saw the plot twist from a mile away though. These chapters are so short throughout that the book moved fast. I want answers so I’ll definitely read the next book, but I’m not in a hurry. The brothers all annoyed me a little bit lol. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Misogyny, Grief, and Classism

Moderate: Cursing and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Medical content and Death of parent

becca_w_'s review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny mysterious tense 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Car accident and Alcohol

Minor: Bullying, Child death, Emotional abuse, Racism, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Stalking, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, and Abandonment

siennaflynn's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Toxic relationship, Stalking, and Death of parent

Minor: Alcoholism, Bullying, Physical abuse, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

btwnprintedpgs'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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Gun violence, Stalking, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Death and Death of parent

Mentions JKR (HP)

unicornofthesea's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Gun violence, and Violence

itsmeaemma's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny mysterious relaxing medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Blood, Death of parent, Alcohol, and Classism

bookaddictellagershon's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Classism

juliaisnotalright's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.75

A girl inherits billions and she doesn’t know who the dead guy was. She needs to stay at a mysterious mansion with a lot of secrets AND the dead guy has 4 ✨very attractive✨ grandsons.
I liked the mysteries but hated the love triangle.
And somehow it was very addicting to read but looking back there were only a few plot twists and one that I though would be the biggest one was only okay.
The concept is really nice and the writing most of the time aswell.
Devoured the second half of the book in under 2 days but now I have more questions than I had before.
Don’t really know if I’m going to read the sequels.
Would recommend to younger teens and people that love mystery and love triangles.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Death, and Gun violence