December 2023 Group Read (spoiler thread): Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone, by Benjamin Stevenson

[Nancy, Co-Moderator]

spoiler thread for Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone.

[aPriL does feral sometimes]

For a simple guy (the narrator) he sure noticed a lot of little tiny details!

[J. Robinson-Readersgottoread]

I read this months ago mostly with only the an audiobook. It was slyly funny. I am looking forward to the sequel. When I realized the “killing” was not always literal, it made more sense. I did not see the ending and extra family member coming. I would definitely read again, but do it as a hybrid read so I could catch more of the clues. I am loving all the meta-mysteries.

[Storm Bay]

aPriL does feral sometimes wrote: "For a simple guy (the narrator) he sure noticed a lot of little tiny details!"

Yes, I agree!

[Liz]

J. Robinson-Readersgottoread wrote: "I read this months ago mostly with only the an audiobook. It was slyly funny. I am looking forward to the sequel. When I realized the “killing” was not always literal, it made more sense. I did not..."

I just finished the sequel and it’s equally funny.

[Ted]

Like most of you, I enjoyed the author’s humor and saw the book as both an homage and parody of old-fashioned mystery tropes.

I felt the book slowed in the middle but quickened at the end with some nice twists. I did not see the introduction of the long-lost brother. Some details, like microdots and the truth behind the children in the car should have been given to us earlier, giving us a chance to figure out the mystery.

As soon as we learned the brother was kidnapped, I knew he was still alive. We could have spent half the book trying to determine who he was in the story. Perhaps that would have made the mystery more fun…

Did I miss something, or was it just a coincidence the brother’s birth family showed up in the same place he lived?

[J. Robinson-Readersgottoread]

Liz,

Great to hear!