{"id":5482,"date":"2023-12-02T22:13:47","date_gmt":"2023-12-02T22:13:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.ackgame.com\/onwords\/?p=5482"},"modified":"2023-12-04T06:18:49","modified_gmt":"2023-12-04T06:18:49","slug":"everyone-in-my-family-has-killed-someone-by-benjamin-stevenson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.ackgame.com\/onwords\/everyone-in-my-family-has-killed-someone-by-benjamin-stevenson\/","title":{"rendered":"<B>Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone<\/b> by Benjamin Stevenson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a style=\"float: left; padding-right: 20px;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/60879779-everyone-in-my-family-has-killed-someone\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.gr-assets.com\/images\/S\/compressed.photo.goodreads.com\/books\/1663127884l\/60879779._SX98_.jpg\" alt=\"Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone (Ernest Cunningham, #1)\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/60879779-everyone-in-my-family-has-killed-someone\">Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone<\/a> by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/author\/show\/18206333.Benjamin_Stevenson\">Benjamin Stevenson<\/a><br \/>\nMy rating: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/review\/show\/6017551350\">4 of 5 stars<\/a><\/p>\n<p>I enjoyed this mystery novel, but it&#8217;s not for everyone. The purported narrator, Ernest, is part of a family of killers, although most of the killings weren&#8217;t intentional. He also writes about how to write crime novels. He talks to the reader (or in my case, listener) throughout the book, breaking the fourth wall. That can be off-putting for many. He also describes the ten &#8220;rules&#8221; of crime fiction and assures us that he follows them, thus making the mystery &#8220;fair.&#8221; The final denouement is so convoluted that I can&#8217;t say I agree, but it doesn&#8217;t matter much. If you&#8217;re one of those people who must feel like you have a chance of solving it as you read, you&#8217;ll not be happy at the ending.<\/p>\n<p>I enjoyed the book for its witty tone throughout, and its plethora of amusing observations about life and universal foibles. His descriptions and similes are clever and entertaining. There were too many characters for me to keep track of. If you choose to read it, I suggest you do so it one sitting in order not to lose the thread. Or make a diagram of characters and their relationships. I also enjoyed the reader&#8217;s Australian accent, which, not surprisingly, is appropriate since the book is set in Australia. The bottom line: it passed the time pleasantly.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/review\/list\/12975428-russell-atkinson\">View all my reviews<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone by Benjamin Stevenson My rating: 4 of 5 stars I enjoyed this mystery novel, but it&#8217;s not for everyone. The purported narrator, Ernest, is part of a family of killers, although most of the killings weren&#8217;t intentional. He also writes about how to write crime novels. 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