Reviews tagging 'Alcoholism'

Everyone In My Family Has Killed Someone by Benjamin Stevenson

34 reviews

laurenbaggy's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense 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: Death, Suicide, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Addiction, Body horror, Child death, Drug abuse, Gore, Blood, Vomit, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Alcoholism, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

chaoticenby's review against another edition

adventurous 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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Police brutality, Kidnapping, and Murder

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child death, Drug abuse, Suicide, and Torture

Minor: Abandonment

cartridgepink's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.75

Great book. I was having so much fun I stopped trying to work out the mystery and just enjoyed reading instead. (I did work it out anyway but that's not the point.) Funny, layered without being overly convoluted, great characters, and a satisfying mystery to boot.

Last year I went to a Melb Writers Festival event where Ben was a speaker. I hadn't read the book but was a fan of him + his brother's musical comedy. Panel goes well, Ben cracks jokes all the way through, then they open it up to Q&A and an elderly lady in the front row says, "Are you actually a comedian?" Honestly as brutal as some of the murders in the book. Gotta respect it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Gun violence, Infertility, Blood, Medical content, Car accident, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Emotional abuse and Pregnancy

bex7dier's review against another edition

dark reflective tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child death, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Infertility, Torture, Violence, Car accident, Murder, and Alcohol

angela005's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious medium-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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death and Kidnapping

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Infertility, and Car accident

jessiereads98's review against another edition

dark funny lighthearted mysterious medium-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? Yes

5.0

A super fun read. It’s not quite a Christie but it’s very close. I appreciated the unique and refreshing narration which was able to seamlessly weave the backstory and present, stating all the facts without obscuring anything while not making the ending obvious. The book reads like the author had fun writing it while still being meticulously crafted. My one complaint is that the ending twist does feel a little like cheating, but only a little. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Addiction, Child death, Confinement, Drug abuse, Infertility, Infidelity, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Vomit, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Alcoholism, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

75ayla's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

3.5

More like 3.5/5. But I always round up if I like how the author wrote the story line.

I very much enjoyed the satirical way the author wrote this. You won’t guess the twist at end in a way I’m not sure felt entirely satisfying but in a way that gave a very dramatic ending. 

I would say if you’re looking for a comical take on a thriller this is probably the way for you to so.

That being said check your trigger warnings before you get started, especially is child death is on that list for you. Not positive if this would be considered a big spoiler so I marked it just to be safe.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, and Alcohol

mince's review against another edition

challenging funny lighthearted mysterious 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Drug abuse, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Confinement, Drug use, Gore, Physical abuse, Suicide, Blood, Stalking, Car accident, and Alcohol

pookiee's review against another edition

funny mysterious medium-paced

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

4.5

this was really fun! quite unique and interesting style. i ate it up in a day, but it’s def not for those who don’t like self-referential humor—the page #s where someone dies are literally given in the prologue.

some of the gangland plot was lost on me despite pausing to reread those parts a bunch 😅

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Blood, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Infidelity and Suicide

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Infertility, Vomit, and Alcohol

cates_reading_nook's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Suicide, Torture, Vomit, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction and Alcoholism

Minor: Car accident