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Family Business by Jonathan Sims

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zoer03's review against another edition

3.0

It’s actually 3.5 stars and the reason is, it’s a very intriguing and chilling story it has that nightmarish quality where like the character you start to wonder if you too are hallucinating these visions. It’s an intriguing concept of a family business that cleans up after death with some sinister forces at work. But I wasn’t quite there with the characters and didn’t feel that connection to the story I am sorry to say it made me wonder if I had read a similar tale before. It’s good but not sure about it.

ellie_ofc's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional lighthearted tense slow-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

4.0

bernard_black's review against another edition

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dark mysterious medium-paced

Strong character development? Yes

4.25

I wish it was creepier and the ending felt a bit cartoonish to me.

Also what is it with Jonny and killing characters who are named after someone he loves? 💀

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56lispenard's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

one4ale's review against another edition

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4.0

This was fun, I was almost deceived by the cover but I actually really liked this.

The start was a bit slow but it picked up really fast, and it doesn't really drop from there. I liked the anthology-like structure for this, and there were just enough stories to be interesting but not repetitive. On that, this guy really likes writing anti-capitalist stuff (good).

My main critique is the ending felt a bit rushed. Like the way it gets resolved happened really fast and cartoonish in that it all ends nice and neat in an obvious way. It doesn't ruin the book or anything, thankfully. I think he could have explored the antagonist more, too, but the mystery does add intrigue and lets me make my own ideas about it.