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The Inheritance Games by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

106 reviews

oceanbluetay's review against another edition

adventurous challenging mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Toxic relationship, Grief, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Violence, and Alcohol

Minor: Child abuse, Child death, Deadnaming, and Blood

serendipity421's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative 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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Moderate: Chronic illness, Mental illness, Stalking, and Murder

Minor: Abandonment

louise_french_rider's review against another edition

adventurous 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? No

5.0

I LOVED this book ! I truly loved everything, the characters, the plot, even the dead characters. Everything was well thought and written, behind these puzzles and riddles, we must have a brilliant author. Jennifer Lynn Barnes knows how to tell a story without any boring moment, how to get you involved in every passage. We're thrilling to know what's coming next. Always new plots popping up.
I rarely give 5 stars to a book, guess I can make an exception when it is indeed exceptional.
I will definitely read the series and I highly recommend this book to any person who likes a good brain-teaser.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Gun violence, Violence, and Blood

Minor: Chronic illness

morgan77's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship and Violence

Minor: Blood

sleepy_panda1's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence

Moderate: Violence

sebnia_05's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Stalking, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Abandonment

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

pianokeys's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious reflective 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, and Death of parent

xapoptosisx's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.5

I loved how short these chapters were. Anyway this book was not at all what I was expecting but it's really good and I'm definitely going to read the rest of the series. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Blood, Car accident, and Alcohol

itssopreppyinhere's review against another edition

adventurous challenging mysterious 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gun violence and Violence