Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

The Family Game by Catherine Steadman

25 reviews

whitenoise's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

2.75

Honestly, a rip off of the movie "Ready or Not" with some changes, but if this interests you I suggest you watch that instead.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Medical content, Grief, Car accident, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Vomit, Stalking, and Pregnancy

marissa_mace's review

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Mental illness, Suicide, and Car accident

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Gun violence, Grief, Stalking, Abortion, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

livvmarks's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense fast-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Classism

rebeccaelizabeth94's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

This was such a good book. I audiobooked it and I was hooked from the opening. It was giving a touch of Inheritance Games and Knives Out. I loved the creepy games in the story. I liked how she had to puzzle her way out of the terror. I would have loved to learn more about the list of missing girls and find out more about them but Steadman did it right. There was just enough mystery that I could fill in the gaps. I liked how Harriet was self assured from the start. I feel like a lot of books I read have main characters who compare themselves to the other women in stories and look down on themselves. Harriet knew who she was on page 2 and kept her head high. I liked the juxtaposition of her as an orphan yet making a name in her own right and the old world money that Edwards family had. Robert was a good character as well. I kept waiting on the women to turn on her and the twist at the end was well done. If I didn’t have things to do yesterday I would have finished the book in one sitting. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Violence, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Pregnancy

Minor: Sexual assault and Abortion

bekah1210's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Car accident and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Addiction, Drug abuse, Gun violence, and Suicide

chris_reads's review

dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Death, Gun violence, Medical content, Stalking, and Car accident

Minor: Addiction, Blood, and Vomit

mtnest's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gun violence, Violence, Death of parent, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

norwegianforestreader's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Death, Drug use, Gun violence, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

jasmine256's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Suicide, Violence, and Car accident

Minor: Addiction, Gun violence, and Abortion

becca9849's review against another edition

mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Suicide, Blood, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Miscarriage, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Grief, Abortion, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Alcohol