Reviews tagging 'Abandonment'

Everyone In My Family Has Killed Someone by Benjamin Stevenson

34 reviews

m_a_r_i_a_m's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny informative lighthearted mysterious slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Death of parent, Kidnapping, Child death, and Death

Minor: Abandonment, Alcohol, Addiction, Car accident, Suicide, Infertility, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Death, Drug use, Kidnapping, and Alcoholism

znvisser's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious medium-paced

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

3.5

At some point in my life it was my job to watch tv shows, and in doing that, detectives were never really my favourite genre. My preferences don't differ that much for books, so usually I steer away from those. Nevertheless, I picked this up because the title and description seemed funny enough. And even though it was a bit more murdery mystery than I realised in advance, I did enjoy reading this. The author plays with the genre in a fun way and enough was going on in terms of plot, characters and setting to keep me reading.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, Death, Child death, Confinement, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Blood, Suicide, Abandonment, Addiction, Alcoholism, Car accident, Classism, and Drug abuse

Minor: Cancer and Vomit

britttobegorey94's review against another edition

funny mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Violence, and Police brutality

Moderate: Drug abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Addiction, Child death, Death, and Death of parent

Minor: Grief, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Self harm, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Violence, Vomit, and Stalking

meganjeg's review against another edition

dark funny 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? No

5.0

This book has a very self-aware style of narration that feels fresh and engaging. I was utterly hooked from the beginning. This book felt very true to the best of the crime genre whilst also feeling fresh and original. I would highly recommend the audiobook, Barton Welch's voice really brings this story to life. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Death, Infertility, Abandonment, Suicide, and Violence