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Keep It In The Family by John Marrs

3 reviews

estimpert's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Suicide, Kidnapping, Death of parent, and Murder

Minor: Animal cruelty, Infertility, Miscarriage, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Car accident, and Pregnancy

sarah_amy's review against another edition

dark lighthearted tense medium-paced

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

1.75

I struggle with books where I hate the characters...and I pretty much hated everyone in this book lol. Enough twists and turns to keep me interested, but definitely not my favourite or most thrilling John Marrs book I've read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Bullying, Cancer, Confinement, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Infertility, Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Grief, Pregnancy, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Body shaming, Confinement, Self harm, Sexual assault, and Forced institutionalization

mtstjk's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense slow-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No

4.0

I could’ve given this book a higher rating but I docked some points for the fact it was more difficult to read than it should’ve been.

Now I don’t mind dual/multi POVs or timeline jumps. But the combination of these two when I had no idea who the POV was in the timeline jumps was stressful and made it VERY hard to follow the plot or even want to keep reading. I would have absolutely stopped reading it if I was the type to, fortunately (or unfortunately for myself) I am not. 

Otherwise, the book was good. I hated that ^ aspect of it but also enjoyed the twists - which I certainly couldn’t see coming considering the way it was written lol. So my feelings are conflicted. 

3.75 rounded up I am sticking with for now. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death

Minor: Alcoholism, Cancer, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Terminal illness, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Death of parent, and Pregnancy