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The Family Game by Catherine Steadman

24 reviews

marissa_mace's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Mental illness, Suicide, and Car accident

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Gun violence, Grief, Stalking, Abortion, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

livvmarks's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense fast-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: Body horror, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Classism

rebeccaelizabeth94's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious medium-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? Yes

4.0

This was such a good book. I audiobooked it and I was hooked from the opening. It was giving a touch of Inheritance Games and Knives Out. I loved the creepy games in the story. I liked how she had to puzzle her way out of the terror. I would have loved to learn more about the list of missing girls and find out more about them but Steadman did it right. There was just enough mystery that I could fill in the gaps. I liked how Harriet was self assured from the start. I feel like a lot of books I read have main characters who compare themselves to the other women in stories and look down on themselves. Harriet knew who she was on page 2 and kept her head high. I liked the juxtaposition of her as an orphan yet making a name in her own right and the old world money that Edwards family had. Robert was a good character as well. I kept waiting on the women to turn on her and the twist at the end was well done. If I didn’t have things to do yesterday I would have finished the book in one sitting. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Violence, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Pregnancy

Minor: Sexual assault and Abortion

bekah1210's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Car accident and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Addiction, Drug abuse, Gun violence, and Suicide

chris_reads's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Death, Gun violence, Medical content, Stalking, and Car accident

Minor: Addiction, Blood, and Vomit

mtnest's review against another edition

dark 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gun violence, Violence, Death of parent, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

norwegianforestreader's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Death, Drug use, Gun violence, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

jasmine256's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Suicide, Violence, and Car accident

Minor: Addiction, Gun violence, and Abortion

becca9849's review against another edition

mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Suicide, Blood, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Miscarriage, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Grief, Abortion, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

blackcatkai's review against another edition

emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

2.5

CW: death, blood, pregnancy, gaslighting, mentions of abortion, ableism, suicide, alcohol & drug use, death of a parent/sibling, violence, toxic relationships, gun violence, classism, murder, gaslighting

So there were aspects of this that I did enjoy, but overall it was an absolute miss for me. I do find myself interested in any other books Steadman puts out, though.

the book blurb makes it sound like the movie Ready or Not and it really isn't. the only similarities are rich people have weird drama & traditions & the MC is meeting them all for the first time. the MC listens to a tape she's given over time instead of right away and though the first time she stops it part way through was believable to me, not after that. so many things could've been dealt with sooner if she had just not waited and it really just helped the book drag. leaving out info to have a twist or something later is just a thing that bugs me, especially if not done well. which this felt like.

and the ending totally took me out of it. I liked the climax part when the game takes a turn, but afterwards made me roll my eyes so hard, just not for me. a few entertaining bits does not make me invested and this missed me. so....yea.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug use, Gun violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Classism

Moderate: Ableism and Suicide

Minor: Abortion