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Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone by Benjamin Stevenson

40 reviews

sop17hie's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

Big warning for INJURY DETAIL. I skipped ahead a bit

This worked well as an audiobook, because the narrator's voice is already so strong. 

I did get a bit lost, kept forgetting Andrew exists.

I'd read it again just to note down who everyone in the family has killed.

Lots of dark humour, good to be reading an Aussie novel.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Drug use, Infidelity, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Drug abuse, Infertility, Torture, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Addiction

anutter's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, Medical content, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Gore, Suicide, Torture, Police brutality, Medical trauma, and Alcohol

hannahsheil's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious tense fast-paced

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

2.0

(2.5)

I just couldn’t get into the style of writing (I.e., breaking the fourth wall, cliches out the wazoo, punny and sarcastic quips, etc.) and a lot of it felt like he had to really really spell it all out for the reader, too much for even a mystery novel where everything gets revealed at the end.

I do think it’s unique that they’re not all bloodthirsty, intentional murderers, but that everyone HAS killed someone, even by accident or whatever — unique way of changing up the content from the title.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child death, Confinement, Death, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Vomit, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Drug abuse, Infertility, Infidelity, Medical content, and Medical trauma

Minor: Chronic illness and Car accident

lindsayerin's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious 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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, and Murder

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

holly_keimig's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

I thoroughly enjoyed this book. I was hooked from the synopsis and the book grabbed on and never let go. It had twists and turns and I never could quite stay on top of everything that was happening. It felt a lot like the movie Knives Out, but fresh and different at the same time. The Cunningham family has gathered at a mountain resort to welcome one of their own who has been in jail. It may seem like you know the whole story, but trust me, you don't. If you enjoy humor and mystery and family drama, I highly recommend picking this one up! The audio was very well done too and enjoyable to listen to. The voice for Ernie was perfect!

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death, Toxic relationship, Violence, Police brutality, and Murder

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

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

joxinabox's review against another edition

funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

I absolutely ADORE this book, I think it's my favorite mystery novel I've ever read.

Ernest and his family feel like incredibly real people, all of them are flawed but extremely lovable. Ernie has this witty narration style that pokes fun at the mystery genre without dipping into outright insulting it, instead many of the jabs feel loving and lighthearted towards the typical tropes of a mystery novel. There's a lot of clever clues and build ups to the big twists, this is absolutely a novel you'll want to read/listen to several times. You'll pick up on so much on your other read throughs. I like them so much I refuse to mention spoilers in this review less I give it all away for someone who gets a little too nosy before they read the book. Go read this right now.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child death, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Drug abuse and Gaslighting

meggomyeggo1210's review against another edition

funny mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Torture, Violence, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail