Reviews tagging 'Alcoholism'

Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone by Benjamin Stevenson

36 reviews

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

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

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

kiki_15's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Suicide, Blood, Kidnapping, Car accident, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Vomit

tabea1409's review against another edition

mysterious slow-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

sierraclimbs's review against another edition

funny mysterious fast-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? Yes

4.5

This was a really fun book! It breaks the fourth wall fully calling out murder mystery tropes & directly addressing the reader with spoilers etc. 
Although I really loved it & laughed out loud several times. There was just something missing from it to make it an all time favorite. But would definitely recommend!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Suicide, Blood, Kidnapping, Death of parent, and Murder

charliettea's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

EIMFHKS is such a fun murder mystery. I feel like the clues are there, but I still didn't have it figured out before the explanation at the end delivered via dramatic monologue. The protagonist is a great amateur detective and manages to put it all together nicely during the big reveal. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction and Alcoholism