Reviews tagging 'Addiction'

The Family Game by Catherine Steadman

14 reviews

savreads28's review

challenging dark mysterious sad tense 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: Medical trauma, Miscarriage, Gore, Gun violence, Cursing, Death, Grief, Murder, Pregnancy, Blood, Abandonment, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Physical abuse, Abortion, Car accident, Death of parent, Addiction, Medical content, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Mental illness, Sexual content, Stalking, Suicide, and Violence

hmstumfoll's review

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad 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? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Murder, Addiction, Pregnancy, Grief, Car accident, Death, and Suicide

Moderate: Blood and Fire/Fire injury

chelle22's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Blood, Car accident, Deadnaming, Child death, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Murder, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Stalking, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Death of parent, Suicide, and Violence

Minor: Confinement, Drug abuse, Alcohol, and Abortion

javafenn's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

4.0

Catherine Steadman is an author that is have unwittingly gravitated towards. I love her slow burn suspense and her narration is spectacular! The fact that she narrates her own books is kind of what draws me to her. I also really love that her stories involve a lot of mystery without being TOO mysterious and the main character doesn’t seem unreliable. In this story, Harriet (Harry) Reed is getting married into one of America’s most wealthy families. Her future husband, Edward, seems to have steered clear of them for several years because, he claims, they are overbearing and he implies they are scary. She joins Edward to visit his family for Thanksgiving where she meets the patriarch, a handsome, powerful man who immediately seems to read Harriet from the moment he sees her. That first dinner together proves to be the spark that ignites the fire of this off putting family and Harriet. As she finds out, everyone has secrets and those secrets can be used against you. I loved not knowing who was good and who was bad and I also loved how it ended, I just wish *blank* wasn’t the bad one. Also, the hard use of the word “cunt” towards the end was so fantastically wonderful and appropriate. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Car accident, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, Murder, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Sexual content, Alcoholism, Addiction, Suicide, Vomit, Alcohol, and Abortion

Minor: Cursing, Abortion, and Drug abuse

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

Moderate: Car accident, Mental illness, and Suicide

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

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 of parent, Death, and Murder

Moderate: Car accident and Fire/Fire injury

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

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

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

Minor: Addiction, Blood, and Vomit

bookishgoob's review

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Grief, Pregnancy, Suicide, Violence, Car accident, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Abandonment, Alcohol, Drug abuse, Gaslighting, Murder, Addiction, Blood, Body horror, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Gore

norwegianforestreader's review against another edition

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

thevieira's review against another edition

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Pregnancy, Blood, Violence, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Car accident and Suicide

Minor: Abortion and Addiction