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The Brothers Hawthorne by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

21 reviews

torturedreadersdept's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Dysphoria, Infidelity, Abandonment, Body horror, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, and Stalking

Minor: Misogyny, Kidnapping, Alcohol, Classism, Toxic relationship, Racism, and Sexual harassment

gillianengelbrecht's review

adventurous 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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Infidelity, Death of parent, Kidnapping, Child death, Violence, Sexual harassment, and Grief

kimveach's review against another edition

adventurous challenging 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

3.5

I enjoyed the first three books in this series, but this one wasn't as good for me.  The number of characters continues to grow, and you need to have remembered people from the previous books.  I didn't remember them all, which made me feel like I was missing something.  If I had reread the last book or were reading it in a row (the way I would have as a teen), it would have been as exciting as the first three.  I'll give up on this series now.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Violence, Abandonment, Classism, Gaslighting, Stalking, Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

serena_hien's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail and Violence

jerseynoonatic's review

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful mysterious 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

I gave 5 stars mainly because of the new character that was introduced, Gigi. She's so much fun! I wish I could be friends with her.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Sexual harassment, Infidelity, Fire/Fire injury, Death of parent, Grief, and Violence

Minor: Blood and Murder

shesflippinpages's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Classism, Death of parent, Murder, Violence, Grief, Death, Infidelity, and Injury/Injury detail

oceanwriter's review against another edition

adventurous 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

3.0

The Inheritance Games is my guilty pleasure series. It’s so wild and something I wouldn’t normally enjoy, alas, here I am for the fourth installment. Though this wasn’t my favorite in the series, it was still a fun time by the end. 

 

Brothers Grayson and Jameson are at the forefront of the games this time around with a heavy focus on Grayson and his sisters. We see some over Avery, but this one is ultimately for the boys. 

 

It looks like I’m not alone in feeling like the first half of the book dragged. I was, frankly, so bored that at one point I stopped reading during a commute and opted just to stare out the train window instead. It took a little while to pick back up again. Thankfully, the last third of the book picked up immensely. 

 

Of all the brothers, Grayson and Jameson are the ones I care about the least. I felt like Jameson’s story was summed up decently in The Final Gambit alongside Avery. Grayson? Meh. I’m a Nash girl. (Side note: I think a lot of this book tried to amplify a reader attraction to the brothers and I am not in the age group where I have any interest on that front. So that was weird.) I was disappointed that we didn’t see much of Nash and Xander. 

 

The book left me more confused than pumped for another installment. There are questions left unanswered but without an urgency that was found midway through the first two books. I don’t think this book needed to exist to make the series complete. Will I read a fifth book? Sure. Will I have the same level of excitement I initially had about book four? No. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Death of parent, and Infidelity

Moderate: Violence, Death, and Grief

Minor: Addiction, Alcohol, and Emotional abuse

rinku's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment, Infidelity, Grief, Violence, Classism, Kidnapping, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Death, and Gun violence

Minor: Racism, Sexual content, Confinement, and Fire/Fire injury

savheath's review

adventurous dark emotional funny lighthearted mysterious fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Infidelity, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Murder, Child death, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Sexual violence, Addiction, Kidnapping, Death, Confinement, and Death of parent

oddduck's review

4.5

Another very fast read, and it was very fun getting to see more about the Hawthorne brothers.  With every book that has a split pov, I tend to reach a point where I strongly favor one character over the other and it's a slog to get through the one I care less about, but both Grayson and Jameson's stories kept me riveted the entire time. The only thing I took a half star off for is because, while I trust Jennifer Lynn Barnes, I do feel

that having another character who's been presumed dead for years not actually be dead is pushing it.

I trust that this will be resolved in a satisfactory way in the next book, but still.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment, Infidelity, and Death of parent

Minor: Stalking, Grief, Violence, Toxic relationship, Addiction, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, and Alcohol