Reviews tagging 'Cursing'

The Inheritance Games by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

35 reviews

voeuxr's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense fast-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? No

4.75

This story was a fun read! It took me awhile to differentiate the Hawthorne grandsons from each other but was easy once I got into the book.

I recommend reading this in longer sittings or in whole instead of short sittings. I enjoyed it more when I read for longer.

Sometimes the writing was cringey for example

Whenever Avery’s friend Max refused to swear

but overall I enjoyed this book.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Cursing, Death, and Death of parent

Minor: Gun violence and Injury/Injury detail

safety_pin's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Medical content, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cursing

mysterioussociety17's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing

mmage's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Violence, and Death of parent

Moderate: Cursing, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Toxic relationship, Blood, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

Minor: Car accident

bentobookdragon11's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Violence, Pregnancy, and Abandonment

Minor: Child death and Cursing

*kissing* *two lgbtq+ characters*

deenice2819's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship

Moderate: Death, Gun violence, Homophobia, Toxic relationship, Grief, Death of parent, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Minor: Chronic illness, Cursing, Terminal illness, Blood, and Medical content

jfield351's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense 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

4.25

Wow! This was a really good book! It is the most fast paced books I have ever read, the author Jennifer Lynn Barnes does not waste words and cuts right to the chase. I also loved the short chapters (around 3 pages long) as they allowed me to read how much i wanted to read. It was gripping. And the idea of the book - amazing. The whole time I was dying to know the twist.

I did guess that the boys’ middle names’ were places, but that is the only thing i guessed

. It was very family friendly. I really loved and appreciated how the ‘clues’ in this book were not far fetched, it always made sense that the participants would discover and interpret them.

The ending was interesting, at first I was like okay that’s cool, whatever. Then the last page before the epilogue had me shook. That is a good twist. I wish it could have ended with an in-depth letter from Mr Hawthorne but there is another book so i’ll just have to read that! I’m still a bit intrigued / confused by the Drake thing so the next book will hopefully clarify a bit more

. Very easy to read and very clever. Gave me ‘Rebecca’ by Daphne Du Maurier vibes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship and Violence

Moderate: Chronic illness, Death, Gun violence, Terminal illness, Medical content, Car accident, and Death of parent

Minor: Alcoholism, Cancer, Cursing, Infidelity, Sexual content, Blood, Murder, Abandonment, and Alcohol

hannibanani29'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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Terminal illness, Death of parent, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Classism

Minor: Biphobia, Cursing, Gun violence, Incest, Infertility, Infidelity, Racism, Violence, Dementia, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

readingwithmeredith's review against another edition

mysterious medium-paced

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

4.25

It was so refreshing to read a YA book that wasn’t overly filled with violence, romance, fantasy/distopian, agendas, or language. It was refreshing. This book has a good amount of mystery and was well-paced. It left me wanting to continuing reading the series. It’s definitely one I will be recommending to YA readers. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Gun violence

Minor: Cursing and Alcohol

miakeough's review against another edition

adventurous challenging funny mysterious medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Cursing, Gun violence, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail