Reviews tagging 'Murder'

Everyone In My Family Has Killed Someone by Benjamin Stevenson

133 reviews

daniellesharp's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Drug abuse

ashwaar's review

adventurous funny mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• 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

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

Moderate: Car accident, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Suicide, and Torture

Minor: Car accident, Vomit, Addiction, and Drug use

chocolate_pondue's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious sad 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

5.0

This book is nothing like I expected but everything I appreciated. I first thought it was going to be a series of side stories but instead I got one cohesive, engaging, and captivating story. I love 4th wall mysteries because they are engaging and fun. The main character, Ernest, is enjoyable and even funny at some times. They say it's taboo to have a mystery in first person but Ernest tells within the first few pages that there would be no concealing, no embellishments, nothing but truths and facts as he knew them. Information is given to you like jumbled breadcrumbs but to create order in the chaos, the novel stops at certain points to recap and make sure you understand the facts and clues that you have been given. For mystery fans, that is what true mysteries are about. I've never felt more like I was working on the case myself than I did in this book. Though I was able to guess who the killer was, I didn't guess who the killer was, and the twist at the end was satisfying. I was engaged in the characters stories and motives, their actions and reactions, their emotions and suspicious behavior. All in all this book deserves 5/5 stars! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Blood, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Infidelity, Torture, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Police brutality, Self harm, and Suicide

Moderate: Vomit, Confinement, Addiction, Child death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Medical trauma, Panic attacks/disorders, Alcohol, Car accident, Grief, Infidelity, and Toxic relationship

spikehype's review against another edition

mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Kidnapping

nahtagain's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Minor: Vomit

kojicic's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Murder

natgeographic's review against another edition

challenging dark funny mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

i got a little confused (lots of characters) but truly a great mystery — Poirot and Blanc would be proud. need to give it another read to put it all together 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder and Gore

Minor: Kidnapping

dogoodwithbooks's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• 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: Blood, Murder, and Vomit

Moderate: Drug abuse, Body horror, Police brutality, Fire/Fire injury, Kidnapping, Suicide, and Violence

Minor: Child abuse, Car accident, and Death of parent

sydneys_bookshelf's review against another edition

adventurous challenging mysterious tense slow-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? It's complicated

3.5

wow!!! what an ending!!! rip to

Spoiler

michael and lucy </3 at least they will fix their marriage in heaven

. i definitely forgot who Gavin and Andy were at times and how they were related to the family LOL. also Erin is the ex wife? and Sophia is Marcelo’s daughter from a previous marriage? and Katherine is the only Cunningham daughter? I think i have that correct. WOWWWWWW AND

Spoiler

EDGAR AKA THE FATHER OF REBECCA AKA THE MISSING GIRL IN THE PHOTOS THAT GOT ROBERT CUNNINGHAM KILLED FOR POSSESSING THEM???? EDGAR KILLED HIS OWN DAUGHTER. WHY??????

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Murder

Moderate: Vomit and Kidnapping

Minor: Death of parent

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, Murder, Suicide, and Violence

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

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