Reviews with content warning for Addiction - Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone

Am I still confused about what exactly happened and why? Yes. Yes I am. But I was just so happy to be along for the ride that I don’t care. Ern has a dry sorta humor and lived him as the “reliable narrator.”

I’ll likely reread this again someday to have more context while I’m going through it to hopefully catch all of the things that were laid out along the way.

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amandab0514's review against another edition

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dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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elizabethtrue's review against another edition

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adventurous dark funny lighthearted mysterious tense fast-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

Hilarious and I enjoyed the backstories and how everything came together.

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etbishop's review against another edition

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adventurous 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

5.0

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gemloukay's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny mysterious tense 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

A bit of a different take on a murder mystery here and clearly pulling from lots of golden age mysteries as well. Ernie’s family have all killed someone and he’s narrating his book that he’s supposedly writing and we’re meant to be reading with his comments between narration, as to how and why each person killed. He breaks the 4th wall repeatedly, telling us what is and isn’t important whilst repeatedly telling us he’s a reliable narrator because he’s following the rules set out by murder mystery writers of days gone by.

I can’t tell you much about the story that wouldn’t be a major spoiler, but it’s a whodunnit mystery set in the mountains around Sydney, where the Cunningham family are having a reunion. But before the first morning has come around, there’s already a body. And they keep on falling!

It’s got elements of And Then There Were None, pulls inspiration from The Mousetrap and uses Sherlock Holmes’ deductive reasoning to tell the tale through Ernie’s eyes. Is he reliable really? And can any of them actually be trusted?

Yes it takes a bit to get into that meta author voice, but just like watching Fleabag, when you get into it, it’s fun. Earnest is witty and fun to listen to and the plot is well constructed enough to not guess all the twists. A solid 4.5/

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themdash's review

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dark emotional funny mysterious 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

4.25

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dkamada's review

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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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