Reviews tagging 'Chronic illness'

The Inheritance Games - Arvingerne by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

67 reviews

zojbean's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious fast-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

3.25

is the plot basically a fanfic of the movie “knives out”? yeah

did i absolutely DEVOUR this book? also yes

SUE ME for finding the alcoholic and the cowboy man attractive lmao

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Chronic illness and Terminal illness

madhattermommy94's review against another edition

adventurous challenging sad 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? It's complicated

4.5

This was really good, I read through it in less than 7 hours I think, and I really enjoyed it. My biggest complaint was in some ways you could tell it's YA, but other than that I'm really looking forward to reading the next book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Grief

Moderate: Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, and Emotional abuse

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

redempta's review against another edition

emotional mysterious medium-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? Yes

4.0

4🌟

I liked the book but nothing more. I expected to be trying to guess things along the characters because of the clues but that wasn't the case. We see the characters discovering things in this imaginary house but we can't make any assumptions. That's unfortunate. Let's see what the next books hold. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Gun violence, and Death of parent

Minor: Chronic illness, Infertility, Terminal illness, Car accident, and 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

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

evelynnnn33333's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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

Moderate: Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, Blood, Death of parent, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

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

a_ticcy_tapinella's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• 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: Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, and Injury/Injury detail

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