Reviews tagging 'Classism'

The Family Game by Catherine Steadman

10 reviews

shedobechaotic'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? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Violence, Gun violence, Death of parent, Murder, and Torture

Moderate: Miscarriage, Emotional abuse, Pregnancy, Classism, Abortion, Death of parent, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Car accident and Drug abuse

jackierobinson's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

Bit of a slog tbh, but the ending had me on the edge of my seat! The whole plot however was quite far flung. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Pregnancy, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, Car accident, Cursing, Death, and Classism

Moderate: Blood and Suicide

Minor: Abortion, Alcoholism, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Stalking, Drug use, Vomit, and Drug abuse

maregred's review against another edition

adventurous 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Classism, Suicide, Violence, and Death of parent

Minor: Sexual content

thismermaidreads's review

adventurous dark mysterious 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

2.0

This whole review is a spoiler…

I couldn’t ever get past incestual feeling of her attraction to her fiancés father, like that was always super cringey to me. This is the second “rich people drama” thriller I’ve read I think farther confirming that it’s not a sub genre for me. Also, why wouldn’t this B*!?h just listen to the whole wedding tape at once?! Like I’m sorry if I as a full time working mom of two young kids and a wife found the time to listen to this audiobook in two to three sittings, how on earth was she incapable of finding the time to receive this incredibly important information?!

Le sigh

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Murder, Classism, Death, Fire/Fire injury, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Child abuse, Car accident, and Violence

zosiablue's review

dark mysterious tense 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

3.5

For your typical domestic thriller, there was way more Krampus content than expected. Despite that (or because of?), this was fine! Reminded me of the movie, Ready or Not, which I loved. Weird rich family murdery bullshit. Not bad. 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Gaslighting, Abortion, Suicide, Classism, Death, Mental illness, and Emotional abuse

livvmarks's review

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, Death of parent, Sexual assault, Violence, Child abuse, Death, Pregnancy, Blood, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Grief, Infidelity, Murder, Physical abuse, Stalking, Toxic relationship, Car accident, Gun violence, Medical content, Miscarriage, Suicide, Classism, and Abortion

jaimee_reads's review

dark mysterious tense 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? It's complicated

2.0

A page-turner, but the more you think about it, the less it works. There are far better "cruel rich people who play games" works out there.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Death, Gore, Violence, Gaslighting, and Classism

Moderate: Stalking, Fire/Fire injury, and Car accident

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

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

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

Moderate: Suicide and Ableism

Minor: Abortion

kimveach's review

dark emotional mysterious reflective tense fast-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

4.0

Another good and creepy thriller from this author.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Pregnancy, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Blood, Car accident, Classism, Death, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Suicide, Violence, and Vomit