Reviews tagging 'Confinement'

Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone by Benjamin Stevenson

53 reviews

ceruleanseas's review

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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: Addiction, Child death, Confinement, Death, Gun violence, Infertility, Toxic relationship, Violence, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Suicide, Kidnapping, and Abandonment

Minor: Drug use and Alcohol

ammah's review against another edition

challenging funny informative mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Infertility, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

sarahb919's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Child death, Drug abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Torture, Vomit, Car accident, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Minor: Infertility, Infidelity, Sexism, and Kidnapping

katewhite77's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

A Family Reunion Like No Other

Ernie Cunningham writes books about how to write crime novels. When he gets an email from his aunt saying he must attend a family reunion at a remote sky resort, he is somewhat nervous because, as the tite suggests, everyone in the Cunninghams are no ordinary family. 

Soon after arrival, the resort is cut off to vehicles in a heavy snow storm. Ernie 's worst fears begin materialise when a body is found ìn the snow the day after and skills of his day job are called in to action. 

This isn't Cosy Crime by any means, it is very dark and twisted, but I enjoyed it and will probably read the next one in the series. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Gun violence, Torture, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Infertility

melaschnie's review against another edition

mysterious medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Gun violence, Infertility, Torture, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Child death, Drug abuse, Suicide, Medical content, Kidnapping, Car accident, and Alcohol

Minor: Cancer and Vomit

pixie_d's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny informative lighthearted mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

At the end of the book, the author says he thinks that Australia is going through a Golden Age of crime fiction. This is not my preferred genre, so I haven't read enough of them to compare. What I can say is that in the past couple of years I've developed the opinion that Australia is going through a Golden Age of comedians. When I read on the back flap that the book was written by an award-winning stand-up comedian and author, I had high hopes. And indeed, it was funny and well-written. 

The narrator was very likeable and engaging. As someone who self-publishes how-to books on how to write mysteries, he explains a lot of the tropes, which will amuse fans of this genre, while it can both amuse and inform readers like me who haven't read a lot of crime or mystery fiction. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Child death, Confinement, and Murder

aliciavalenski's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• 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: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

cerysl's review

adventurous challenging emotional funny lighthearted mysterious reflective sad tense fast-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Infertility, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

puddleshoes's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Suicide, Medical content, Death of parent, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Addiction, Confinement, and Drug abuse

Minor: Gun violence and Abandonment

oxfordcommas91's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious fast-paced

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

4.0

This was an amazing cozy mystery that really hit the sweet spot of Agatha Christie-esque whodunnit with some fun twists along the way. In this unique book where our narrator helps authors write mystery novels (amazing mystery novel inception here…) and frequently breaks the fourth wall to talk to the reader, we are engulfed in the family drama of the Cunninghams, all of whom have killed someone. But this book isn’t quite what it appears to be on the surface. With dark humor and plenty of red herrings along the way, this book sped to its satisfying and gasp-worthy conclusion. I read this book in only a few sittings - I honestly had a hard time putting it down. This isn’t a twisty psychological thriller that will keep you up at night and instead relies on pretty straightforward murder mystery mechanics that are really good for a reason! This book just works. Can’t wait to read Stevenson’s 2024 sequel!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Mental illness, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Car accident, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Vomit