Reviews tagging 'Infertility'

Everyone In My Family Has Killed Someone by Benjamin Stevenson

73 reviews

beepbeep101's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

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

4.25

“Family is not whose blood runs in your veins, it’s who you’d spill it for.” 

Fantastic. Twists all the way to the last page. The extra .25 is for the last quarter of the book or so, as so much happened right after each other that beautifully brought everything together and turned things on their head. I loved the narrative voice of Ern (who isn’t a crime writer but instead is a how-to-be-a-crime-writer writer), who recounts the book’s events with a sense of humor about the writing process. He even gives the page numbers at the beginning on which every death in the book will occur - something which sounds like it would spoil a great deal, but things often happen differently than you expect them to. 

A great read, though definitely check the content warnings, as it wasn’t quite as light as I expected it to be from word of mouth recommendations. It gets into revenge, PTSD, infidelity, infertility, and addiction, and descriptions of trauma and injuries were a bit heavier than I expected. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder

Moderate: Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Death of parent, Infertility, Suicide, Abandonment, Addiction, Blood, Child death, Confinement, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Drug use, and Kidnapping

Minor: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Vomit, and Car accident

losthought323's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious medium-paced

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

3.5

I picked this book up on a whim from my library's digital collection while waiting for some other books I had on hold. In a world where alcoholic police officers usually solve crimes with tragic backstories, it was a refreshing change of pace to have a sarcastic mystery author trying to figure it all out. The final reveal of the killer and the motives of everyone felt very complicated (maybe even a little convoluted), and I didn't quite follow who did it until the murderer unmasked at the very end--though this might just be the fact that I just don't read these books that often. 

I also really enjoyed the character evolution of the narrator to the innocent bystander in the end of Chapter 1 to the mirror of his brother Chapter 41. </spoiler.>

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Blood, and Murder

Minor: Torture, Drug use, Infertility, Death of parent, and Vomit

hotaru135's review against another edition

funny mysterious 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Suicide, Murder, Torture, Car accident, and Infertility

callie_castle's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Car accident, Kidnapping, Violence, Drug abuse, Drug use, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Gore, Grief, Murder, Medical content, Alcohol, Blood, and Confinement

Moderate: Gaslighting, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Addiction, Infertility, Trafficking, and Vomit

laheath's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious 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

“Family is not whose blood runs in your veins, it's who you'd spill it for.” 

Uniquely written, in that the narrator is telling the story of his family's involvement in a murder mystery as he is writing a book on their experience.  It's a serious mystery with several twists and a few gruesome moments, but it's also filled with dark humor.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Murder, and Death

Moderate: Child death

Minor: Infertility

megwilli's review against another edition

adventurous challenging mysterious tense medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Infertility

alliluh's review against another edition

funny slow-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? No

4.0

fun

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Infertility

Moderate: Addiction, Abandonment, Suicide, Drug abuse, Infidelity, and Child death

katelynprice's review against another edition

mysterious medium-paced

4.0

It’s clever and fun and a good mystery with a well-plotted ending. It was just a lot. Keeping the characters straight took a lot of mental effort, and it just felt a bit convoluted at times. The charm made up for it, though. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Blood, Infertility, Suicide, Vomit, Cursing, Torture, and Kidnapping

Minor: Death of parent, Drug use, Cancer, Alcoholism, Infidelity, and Gun violence

rachaelbunny's review against another edition

mysterious 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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Police brutality, Fire/Fire injury, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, Addiction, Death of parent, and Infertility

Minor: Vomit and Alcoholism

toriwatson's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Suicide, Addiction, and Kidnapping

Minor: Vomit, Car accident, and Infertility