Reviews tagging 'Death'

Everyone In My Family Has Killed Someone by Benjamin Stevenson

182 reviews

sarahb919's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Child death, Drug abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Torture, Vomit, Car accident, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Minor: Infertility, Infidelity, Sexism, and Kidnapping

ticklemetiff's review against another edition

mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child death, Death, Gun violence, Suicide, Kidnapping, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

_joannamichelle_'s review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

3.0

Author uses a humorous voice to tell this page-turning story. Very strong writing until the final chapters when the explanation of all lingering questions is given. The ending chapters have an overwhelming amount of exposition that makes it difficult to understand the complexities of the plot (had to reread to fully understand). Light and humorous opening and middle seem unbalanced with the very dark nature of the ending. That being said, there are scenes of the book that are so well written that it makes it difficult for me to give this book only three stars; however, this rating is based on the book as a whole.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

meeksmidnightlibrary's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

mkmusicmaniac'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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death, and Death of parent

Minor: Alcoholism, Abandonment, and Alcohol

mlottermoser's review against another edition

adventurous tense

• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Police brutality, and Murder

Moderate: Death of parent and Abandonment

Minor: Child abuse

sierraclimbs's review against another edition

funny mysterious fast-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

4.5

This was a really fun book! It breaks the fourth wall fully calling out murder mystery tropes & directly addressing the reader with spoilers etc. 
Although I really loved it & laughed out loud several times. There was just something missing from it to make it an all time favorite. But would definitely recommend!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Suicide, Blood, Kidnapping, Death of parent, and Murder

kld2128's review against another edition

mysterious tense 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, and Murder

Moderate: Addiction, Suicide, and Car accident

runningonwords415's review against another edition

funny 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

3.75

Perfect for lovers of KNIVES OUT - the only slow bit for me was the huge cast of characters. Loved Ernest’s narration and the premise of the plot, but there were three storylines going on at one time, so picking this book up at different points was confusing at times. If I had the time to sit straight through, I could have marked it higher stars. It definitely was a twist I didn’t see coming despite all the Easter eggs, and they didn’t stop once they started so bravo for that. But you gotta hang in there if you want to get to them!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Murder

Moderate: Kidnapping

samchase112's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious 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

I think I've officially determined I'm not a mystery/thriller person — they just don't do it for me. This was objectively a good time, with a really fun, interesting story and fantastic characters, but I simply didn't care for the first half of it. The end definitely made up for it, but not enough to discount the fact that I seriously considered giving up halfway in simply for the fact that it wasn't for me. I'm glad I've made up my mind, though, because it means I can stop trying to force it with mysteries — the rest of you can have at it though. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Blood, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, and Suicide