Reviews tagging 'Addiction'

Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone by Benjamin Stevenson

188 reviews

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

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

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

ilkjen's review against another edition

dark funny fast-paced

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

4.0

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Child death, Death, Torture, and Death of parent

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Infertility, Infidelity, Suicide, and Kidnapping

amandab0514's review against another edition

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Infertility, Infidelity, and Vomit

elizabethtrue's review against another edition

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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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Suicide, Vomit, and Murder