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The Family Game by Catherine Steadman

8 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

whitenoise's review

adventurous mysterious sad 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

2.75

Honestly, a rip off of the movie "Ready or Not" with some changes, but if this interests you I suggest you watch that instead.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, Death of parent, Blood, Body horror, Gore, Suicide, and Murder

Moderate: Car accident, Medical content, Fire/Fire injury, and Grief

Minor: Vomit, Gun violence, Stalking, Drug use, Pregnancy, and Emotional abuse

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

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

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

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

oracle_of_madness's review

4.25

Thank you Netgalley and Publisher for this Arc!!

This thriller had everything I wanted; family secrets, a dangerous game and major twists!

Harry, or Harriet,  has moved to NYC from London with her boyfriend.   The holidays are just starting, and he proposes in the middle of the skating rink at Rockefeller Center.  Harry thinks she's in for a wild ride already this holiday season with the prospect of meeting the Holbeck family, but she has no idea. 

When Harry meets the whole family at Thanksgiving she learns that she will have to prove herself if she wants to keep her secrets.  And, this "old money" family's idea of that comes in the way of games that some may say are a bit cruel.

This thriller had me the whole way through and I definitely recommend it! Also, it's a great holiday thriller!

Out October 18, 2022! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gore, Death, and Murder

our_bookish_reads's review

challenging dark 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

The Family Game was a fun and twisted ride that I wasn't quite expecting. This was brilliantly written, however the first half of the book moves incredibly slow for my liking. I love how very similar it is to the movie Ready or Not. There wasn't a lot of thought put into the building of all characters that were in active play, which I wish there had been.

All-in-all I'd recommend this book if you want something that is full of unexpected twists and secrets.

Thank you Netgalley, Random House Publishing Group - Ballantine and Catherine Steadman for granting my wish for this ARC. All opinions are my own.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Grief, Medical content, Murder, Alcohol, Gaslighting, Car accident, Cursing, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, and Violence