Reviews tagging 'Child death'

Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone by Benjamin Stevenson

283 reviews

cmbohn's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Child death, Confinement, Suicide, Vomit, and Death of parent

kylaah's review

funny mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Child death and Police brutality

Minor: Addiction, Infertility, Infidelity, and Suicide

oblij's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Bullying, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Infertility, Suicide, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

megmccreery's review against another edition

mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A

3.5

This was entertaining, and I made it ~70% in with like zero idea what I thought was going to happen in the end and I wasn't close to correct. I don't think I was a huge fan of the mystery in general-- it felt a bit too large and external to the family unit that it kind of felt random and out there. Not sure if I'll read the next one.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Infertility, Suicide, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Vomit

taranakituturu's review against another edition

funny mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

This book is written in a really unique style. I found it very engaging. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Addiction, Child death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Infidelity, Suicide, Blood, Grief, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Death of parent

fierygecko's review against another edition

funny mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

This book was actually just so much fun to read. I think Ernest is hilarious, and he makes a really clever narrator. The Cunningham family is a hot mess of characters that fill out the story; I kept oscillating between rooting for them and excitedly waiting for their potential deaths. The way this story is written reminds me of the Knives Out movies with a more comedic tone and that was all I could have asked for. It's also not very dark even though it's a murder mystery, which I liked. The plot twist wasn't as satisfying as I had hoped but it still shocked me because I absolutely didn't see it coming. I wish I could read it again for the first time, but a reread in the future will have to do.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, and Murder

Moderate: Drug abuse, Suicide, and Death of parent

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

justlikeothergirls's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child death, Cursing, Death, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

miruna_cls's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Child death, Confinement, Drug abuse, Infidelity, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Infertility, Infidelity, Suicide, 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