Reviews tagging 'Pedophilia'

Everyone on This Train Is a Suspect by Benjamin Stevenson

15 reviews

alkruger_readinglibrary96's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child death, and Blood

Minor: Drug use, Incest, Pedophilia, Rape, Vomit, Car accident, Pregnancy, and Sexual harassment

clovetra's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious medium-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

2.0

i’ve officially read 100 books in 2024 🤯🤯🤯 i am insane.

anyways erm… i didn’t really like this as much as the original!

for one, the threads were a lot harder for me to follow. my ass kept confusing the psychologist with the crime writer with the forensic dude. too many strings that were just surface level.

the connection to an old mystery in this book felt weak, and it was only there for a meta-commentary of “hey look this is what all crime novels do! aren’t i witty breaking the fourth wall and pointing this out?” to include an old case and weave it into the current crime is one thing, but for it to have almost no effect on the story felt like a massive waste of my time.

every side character felt boring. did not give a flying fart about anyone other than the psychologist and lisa. and that’s only cuz i Love Women (/j im kidding its because they seemed innocent to me). there were so many red herrings to the point that it wasn’t fun anymore. i was just waiting for the reveal.

the explanation of the crime was fair. like i see the connections now it’s pointed out but holy fuck how many working pieces this had…. like props to stevenson for being able to pull off a book with this much shit going on, but it just made me feel fatigued reading it. 

the ending felt rushed, the plot felt as though it was meandering a lot more than the previous instalment, and it felt like a lot of the time people were just pissfarting around. 

ernest was actually insufferable in this book. yes i get his character. i liked it in the first book. here he comes off as pretentious, egotistical, and just downright unlikeable. yes yes insert meta commentary about how this shows just because he’s the narrator doesn’t mean he’s automatically the good guy blah blah blah. i will say this until the cows come home — if you’re metacommentary makes the book boring to read, i don’t give a shit if thematically you wrote the bible, i will not like it.

i really think this is a case where a sequel tries to recreate the joys of the first novel, and instead sets itself up with unrealistic expectations and falls flat. honestly whilst starting this i had plans to read the next instalment, which has just come out. now? i’m gonna be honest and say im almost turned off by this entire series. i might read it closer to december as its a christmas book and so i can say ive finished the ernest cunningham series… but this book was a stinker for me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Misogyny, Vomit, and Alcohol

Minor: Child death, Pedophilia, Stalking, and Car accident

cheryl_gager's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.5

This ending had me reeling in the best way possible. You are given clues, hints and reminders through out which makes all the reveals so easy to follow and you just sort of feel settled when it all hits the fan. One thing I truly love is that when you do work something out, and I did guess something fairly early on, you still don't know how it connects or the impact of it. I did sort of work out who did it in the section before the reveal, but it was more of a possibility due to an on going clue rather than me knowing this person did it. I think this took a little too much time to get to the actual murders compared to the first book but I think that is due to the fact that in book 1 Ernest was related and new all the characters and they all had their own relationship dynamics which had you instantly drawn in, where as in this book because Ernest didn't really know most of the other characters it took time to build those dynamics and get to know who they are alongside our main character. Overall, this was just so goo, and I don't think I am going to get passes the ending and the final ending.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Death

Minor: Gore, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexism, Violence, Blood, Car accident, and Injury/Injury detail

Rape is off page, with a child also being a product of this. Pedophilia is also off page and only referenced in terms of an incident that took place years before the book is set.

tashtasher's review against another edition

dark funny lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Murder

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child death, Drug use, Rape, Blood, Vomit, and Car accident

Minor: Pedophilia

schnaucl's review against another edition

adventurous 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

I had the same reaction to the narrative style as I did last time.  At times I found the fourth wall breaking charming but other times it was just irritating. 

There were  a lot of characters and I sometimes had trouble remembering who was who.  

But there is something charming about it so I'll probably read the next one, if there is one.

I'd say that the author being close to more murders would strain credulity, but there have been entire series about that sort of thing.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Blood, Vomit, Grief, and Alcohol

inirac's review against another edition

funny mysterious medium-paced

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

4.5

Enjoyed this but getting a little weary of the asides, especially at the beginning. It's really jarring for an audiobook (that and the lists).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, and Vomit

Moderate: Alcoholism, Gore, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Blood, Murder, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

kell_xavi's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

3.0

A bit too caught up in the gimmick, though the mystery itself is not bad.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Pedophilia, Rape, Sexism, Murder, Pregnancy, and Sexual harassment

anntharai's review against another edition

funny reflective 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? It's complicated

4.5

This book was very up and down for me - there was a lot of eyerolling early on but gradually got in the groove with it. I think as a writer there were things that annoyed me as it talked about several of the industry issues that rile me 🤣  
It's all very meta and interesting, and it did what it said sequels should do for those who haven't read the first book -  it made me want to read the first book. So. Well done. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Confinement, Death, Suicide, Blood, Vomit, and Murder

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, Grief, Car accident, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Child abuse, Child death, Incest, and Pedophilia

disguisedposer's review against another edition

funny mysterious slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexism, Blood, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Pedophilia, Rape, Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, and Sexual harassment

mary_catherine's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual harassment

Minor: Child abuse, Child death, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexism, Sexual violence, Grief, and Murder