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Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone by Benjamin Stevenson

80 reviews

sabrinahughes's review against another edition

4.0

Really fun read.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Child death, Death, Drug use, Car accident, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, and Kidnapping

imo_reads's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.5

Overall an entertaining read, full of tension and suspense, complex characters, and a twisting plot.

Plus points for: the original, entertaining and witty narrative voice; the meta-ness of it all (this is supposedly the book the protagonist wrote about the events that happened to him, a trope I love); the complexity of the characters that was slowly revealed over the book; and the excellent shock factor of many of the reveals and killings, which was very well handled.

Minus points for: it was just a little too grisly for my taste (the killer’s method is slow and drawn out); a little convoluted in places, like the author could feel the plot getting away from him a bit; and a somewhat weak killer’s motive.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child death, Death, Torture, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Infidelity, Suicide, and Police brutality

Minor: Child abuse, Infertility, Vomit, and Car accident

angela005's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death and Kidnapping

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Infertility, and Car accident

foldingthepage_kayleigh's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Alcohol

jessiereads98's review against another edition

dark funny lighthearted mysterious 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

5.0

A super fun read. It’s not quite a Christie but it’s very close. I appreciated the unique and refreshing narration which was able to seamlessly weave the backstory and present, stating all the facts without obscuring anything while not making the ending obvious. The book reads like the author had fun writing it while still being meticulously crafted. My one complaint is that the ending twist does feel a little like cheating, but only a little. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Addiction, Child death, Confinement, Drug abuse, Infertility, Infidelity, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Vomit, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Alcoholism, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

zas9's review against another edition

dark funny lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

• Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.0

I liked this book. The writing was awesome..Mystery fiction and humor. That's my kind of book. 😉

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Content Warnings

Minor: Addiction, Death, Drug abuse, Infertility, Infidelity, Suicide, Police brutality, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

bibliomania_express's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Murder

Moderate: Addiction, Death, Drug use, Infertility, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Child death and Suicide

marlee_grace's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Enjoyed this book, but I did find it hard to keep track of who was who at times. A lotta names and characters. But I enjoyed the story nonetheless - the narrator was a bit annoying. But I guess interesting hearing the 'authors' writing process as it happens. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Suicide, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

bookishwondergoth's review against another edition

funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.75

Ordinarily I'd rate this 2/5 stars. However, because I was dragged kicking and screaming through this audiobook for my work's book club, I don't think it's fair to take that out on the book. So fuck it: 2.75/5 stars.

This was a pretty solid locked-room murder mystery set in an Australian ski resort and concerning the Cunningham family who, by the narrator's own admission, have all killed people one way or another. The manner in which these family members have killed people is actually pretty anticlimactic and dull, but it makes for an interesting premise, and I was drawn into the story nonetheless, albeit against my will.

The thing that makes this book stand out from other books of its ilk is the narrator, who breaks the fourth wall continually, even going so far as to sometimes spoil the events of later chapters. He tells you the "rules" of how a murder mystery novel should work, and then doesn't break a single one of those rules, meaning he is knowingly not really subverting anything. And yet, despite spelling everything out so clearly and explicitly, this book still managed to surprise me in terms of who the culprit actually was, and why.

That being said, the mystery itself is not all that interesting, and things did get a bit convoluted in places. I struggled a little bit to keep up sometimes. It definitely didn't help that I was already uninterested in what was going on (because of aforementioned having to read it for work book club), but I can see reading other reviews that I'm not the only one who thought this, so I'm not blaming it entirely on that.

If you enjoy murder mysteries and want something that's told in a slightly different way than what you're used to, definitely give this one a try.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Car accident, and Murder

Moderate: Child death, Cursing, Infidelity, Torture, and Kidnapping

Minor: Addiction, Confinement, Infertility, and Fire/Fire injury

mince's review against another edition

challenging funny lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Drug abuse, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Confinement, Drug use, Gore, Physical abuse, Suicide, Blood, Stalking, Car accident, and Alcohol