Reviews tagging 'Drug abuse'

Everyone In My Family Has Killed Someone by Benjamin Stevenson

87 reviews

theiagrace's review against another edition

funny mysterious medium-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

4.5

This is the first fiction book I've actually finished in years. The preface would catch you off guard and the break in the fourth wall stopped me multiple times to check if I've been actually paying attention. It was a fun read. Every single character is flawed and slowly built up into a fiery reveal. However, I don't know how I feel about the biggest twist at the end, I haven't decided yet. But that doesn't take away from how much a good time this book is.

P.S. I've experienced needing to rent snow chains from Jindabyne and run a sedan up the snowy mountains on turtle pace and because of that I've decided early on that I like Ernest, from shared trauma.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Infidelity, Gore, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Emotional abuse, Violence, and Abandonment

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child death, Drug use, and Drug abuse

Minor: Suicide

Themes sprinkled in are very heavy but treated lightheartedly

as that is how the narrator deals with difficult things.

beetree's review against another edition

funny mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

Loved how this was structured and narrated.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child death, Death, Fire/Fire injury, and Murder

Moderate: Car accident, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Drug abuse, Gore, Grief, Kidnapping, Self harm, Confinement, Death of parent, Addiction, Suicide, Torture, Infertility, and Injury/Injury detail

violet_viper's review

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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Violence

Moderate: Drug abuse, Kidnapping, Suicide, and Injury/Injury detail

skersnick's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny mysterious sad medium-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Kidnapping, Grief, Blood, Child death, Gore, Medical content, Torture, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Cancer, Pregnancy, Car accident, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Infertility, Infidelity, Vomit, Fire/Fire injury, Medical trauma, Murder, Self harm, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Child abuse

daniofthewood's review against another edition

funny lighthearted mysterious 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Drug use, Drug abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Addiction, Infertility, Kidnapping, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, and Suicide

elaineh7's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious fast-paced

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

4.0

This book was super unique and the way it broke the fourth wall so often. It was super funny. The first half of the book was really fast paced and engaging but the second half slowed down in pace for me. The ending was surprising and very satisfying. I did find it to be a little convoluted at times 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Murder, Suicide, Vomit, Torture, Drug abuse, Child death, and Addiction

Moderate: Kidnapping

gondorgirl's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Gore, Blood, Murder, Confinement, Death, Child death, Addiction, Bullying, Death of parent, Suicide, Drug abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Injury/Injury detail, Vomit, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Torture, and Violence

inirac's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Addiction, Murder, Body horror, Confinement, Abandonment, and Car accident

Moderate: Police brutality, Vomit, Suicide, Drug abuse, and Child abuse

infusionofviolets's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious tense slow-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? N/A

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Gore, Murder, Violence, Medical content, Suicide, Infertility, Kidnapping, and Death

Minor: Car accident, Death of parent, Child death, Addiction, Drug abuse, Alcohol, and Blood

aloeverra's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective medium-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? No

4.75

A very fun read and listen (I did a little of both). The author has a great way with words and descriptions. I loved the family dynamic and how it transitions in the book. It was great to enjoy a surprising plot that also looks hard at family problems and the idea of hero and anti-hero.  I only didn't make 5 stars for me because there were still sometimes I felt the plot and how it was presented to us became overly convoluted, but in the end things wrap up nicely. I can't wait to pick up his next book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse

Moderate: Torture

Minor: Drug abuse, Death of parent, Vomit, Child death, Kidnapping, and Infidelity

Emotional Abuse Content

The main character's mother is terrible about ostracizing and actively disowning the main character. They both gain understanding later in the book, but it's pretty hard to read at the start

Torture Context

this involves past description of choking and suffocating, though it is not described as it happens from any of the victim's perspectives. It is brought up and talked about 3 or 4 times.