Reviews tagging 'Infertility'

Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone by Benjamin Stevenson

98 reviews

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

gemloukay's review against another edition

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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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Death, Death of parent, and Murder

Minor: Child death, Infertility, Infidelity, and Suicide

ground's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Torture, Violence, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Infertility

Minor: Child death and Vomit

themdash's review

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child death, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Infertility, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

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

aprilb_reads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark funny mysterious tense 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Police brutality, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Child death, and Death of parent

Minor: Drug use, Infertility, Medical content, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

ineedrhythm's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious tense fast-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Suicide, Blood, Murder, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death, Confinement, and Death of parent

Minor: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Infertility

briely's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious fast-paced

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

4.75

This was a lot of fun, I loved how aware of itself it was while still keeping certain aspects close to the chest. I really enjoyed it!

It’s ironic because the title makes you think the same way the culprit does, that the whole family is killers, until we learn it’s all very incidental.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Death

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Infertility, Infidelity, Suicide, Car accident, and Death of parent

chronic_listener's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Confinement, Drug abuse, Infertility, Infidelity, Vomit, Police brutality, Medical content, Kidnapping, Car accident, and Alcohol

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