Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone by Benjamin Stevenson

43 reviews

ergaich's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Kidnapping, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

Minor: Addiction, Confinement, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, and Vomit

maryconney's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Confinement, Cursing, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Suicide, Medical content, and Grief

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cancer, Child abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Infidelity, Vomit, Car accident, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

lawmixitup's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious medium-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

4.5

Delightfully funny mystery. I only semi-guessed the biggest twist and missed many others, and sign of a fun mystery read in my book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Child abuse and Child death

tqriver's review

Child death trigger warning.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, and Kidnapping

dkamada's review

challenging funny informative lighthearted mysterious

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Infidelity, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

xqueenybee's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny tense medium-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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Grief, and Murder

tmholsman_1994's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny informative sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I picked this up on a whim because I wanted to have something else to listen to and I really enjoyed it. I really loved the mystery that we were presented with. I saw a few things coming before they were revealed, I was wrong on one occasion

I thought Ernie would get together with Michael's ex-wife, but he did not.

I also did not see the plot twist coming. I like going into books like this knowing almost nothing about it because I like to try and see if I can figure out who the killer is before the book ends and this time I didn't know who it was going to be and I was genuinely shocked.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child abuse, Child death, Death, and Suicidal thoughts

tabea1409's review against another edition

mysterious slow-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

larareads's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious 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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Child abuse and Drug abuse

spaceunikate89's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.5

A truly dysfunctional family with their fair share of drama and skeletons in the closet. 
There’s no one thing that kept me from loving this book, I think it was just a little too convoluted and “wtf is even happening”  for my taste. I set it down about halfway through and read an entirely different 5-book series before coming back to it. The plot was interesting and the mystery intrigued me enough that I came back to finish it. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Drug abuse, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Abandonment