Reviews tagging 'Alcoholism'

Everyone In My Family Has Killed Someone by Benjamin Stevenson

34 reviews

skersnick's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny mysterious sad 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Infertility, Infidelity, Self harm, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

orimega's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted 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 10 hour audio book felt like a 5 hour one! I was entertained every minute, so the time flew by. I struggle to find mystery and thriller books I enjoy — but I really enjoyed how meta this book was! 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child death, and Murder

Minor: Infidelity, Violence, and Vomit

ohgenevieve's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Infertility, Torture, Violence, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child death, Gore, Infidelity, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Kidnapping, Grief, Car accident, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Drug abuse, Drug use, Blood, Medical content, and Classism

We find out that the

child death

didn’t actually occur

fr_eddie's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny fast-paced

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

3.5

Ernest mi sta facendo così tante volte l'occhiolino che credo abbia un tic nervoso.

Libro interessante, un thriller con un serial killer e una famiglia non molto normale in una pensione sulla neve, con una narratore che prende la quarta parete e la fa direttamente esplodere. E per quanto sia una mossa interessante e originale, non è nelle mie corde. Mi sembra più una mossa utilizzata dagli autori quando sanno che il loro stile non è eccezionale e sperano che facendo degli spoiler i lettori saranno inter ssati e continueranno a leggere, but that's just my guess.

Thriller interessante, con personaggi realistici e per questo anche travagliati. Penso a te, Lucy. Che io u amore ti voglio bene però lov se tuo marito ti manda le carte del divorzio accettalo. Meriti di meglio.
Erin personaggio interessante, capisco il suo volersi allontanare da Ernest per la questione dei figli, ma onestamente non so se chiavarsi il fratello sia la mossa migliore. Anche tu meriti di meglio, babygorl.
Katherine e Sophia altri due bei personaggi, cin il complesso di colpa e la dipendenza. Sarà che mi piacciono le donne, sarà che da grande sogno di essere un bimbo come Andy.

Twist interessante e unexpected (anche se se non ti mostrano il cadavere dovresti essere sempre all'erta), ma il personaggio della Lingua Nera forse un po' cartoonist. Il tono del libro è serio, crime, nonostante ci siano battute e momenti leggeri, ma il serial killer, quando si rivela, è un po' troppo. 
Uccide perché è pazzo pazzo, perché sogna di soffocare, perché credeva di trovare la propria famiglia di supercattivi. Capisco il trauma, ma avere un trentenne che crede in questa famiglia di cattivoni è...particolare, ecco.

La questione della macchina, poi, il crimine di Audrey, mi sembra un po' impossibile. Capisco che lei sia stata molto stressata e traumatizzata e io la giustifico 100%, ma, sapendo che Ernest aveva sei anni, che Jeremy ne aveva cinque e che Micheal è il fratello maggiore, qualcuno mi può spiefare che ci facevano nei passeggini? Sarò io che non conosco abbastanza i bambini, ma un creature di sei anni mi sembra abbastanza intelligente da riuscire ad aprire una portiera o spaccare un vetro. Ma auanto pare no.

Altro elemento che si distacca un po' dal resto del libro è la questione delle foto: Robert è un classico padre di famiglia che per mantenersi fa dei furtarelli, quindi mi spieghi com'è possibile che fa la mossa da spy story per nasconderle? Roberto il padre di famiglia cinquantenne? Capisco fossero importanti, ma mi sembra più il tipo da sotterrarle sotto un albero, soprattutto per come ci viene descritto. Che lui usi una mossa da James Bond mi sembra solo un plot twist interessante che l'autore ha creato e ha messo nonostante non fosse credibile . 

Tutta la storia di Rebecca e il vero plot twist finale alla fine li vedo con una lente di distacco, perché tutta la questione delle foto e della morte scaturiscono da una cosa così poco credibile. Ma, comunque, restano una trovata carina per spiegare qualcosa lasciato un po' troppo aperto.

Lo consiglierei? Sì, perché nonostante provassi a limitarmi l'ho finito in una questione di giorni. Uno stile davvero scorrevolissimo e pieno di cliffhanger, daje Benjamin.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Murder

Moderate: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Suicide, Car accident, and Death of parent

the_monicabaker's review against another edition

mysterious tense fast-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? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Death of parent, and Abandonment

agirlsnightbookbash's review against another edition

mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child death, Drug abuse, Kidnapping, Murder, and Alcohol

torturedreadersdept's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark funny mysterious fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Infertility, Infidelity, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail

beepbeep101's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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? Yes

4.25

“Family is not whose blood runs in your veins, it’s who you’d spill it for.” 

Fantastic. Twists all the way to the last page. The extra .25 is for the last quarter of the book or so, as so much happened right after each other that beautifully brought everything together and turned things on their head. I loved the narrative voice of Ern (who isn’t a crime writer but instead is a how-to-be-a-crime-writer writer), who recounts the book’s events with a sense of humor about the writing process. He even gives the page numbers at the beginning on which every death in the book will occur - something which sounds like it would spoil a great deal, but things often happen differently than you expect them to. 

A great read, though definitely check the content warnings, as it wasn’t quite as light as I expected it to be from word of mouth recommendations. It gets into revenge, PTSD, infidelity, infertility, and addiction, and descriptions of trauma and injuries were a bit heavier than I expected. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Torture, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Child death, Confinement, Drug use, Infertility, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Abandonment

Minor: Alcoholism, Vomit, Car accident, and Alcohol

katelynprice's review against another edition

mysterious medium-paced

4.0

It’s clever and fun and a good mystery with a well-plotted ending. It was just a lot. Keeping the characters straight took a lot of mental effort, and it just felt a bit convoluted at times. The charm made up for it, though. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing, Infertility, Suicide, Torture, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, and Murder

Minor: Alcoholism, Cancer, Drug use, Gun violence, Infidelity, and Death of parent

rachaelbunny's review against another edition

mysterious medium-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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Addiction, Infertility, Suicide, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Alcoholism and Vomit