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The Family Game by Catherine Steadman

undersea's review against another edition

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adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

probably_confused's review against another edition

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dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

Slow start gets then gets really really started

ashtynstarkey's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense slow-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

4.0


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siakou's review against another edition

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5.0

Oh wow.
Stir me in the wrong direction and then put me back together kind of book.
I loved it, literally devoured it and had no idea what was going on the entire time.

Thank you NetGalley and Simon & Schuster UK for the digital ARC.

hnntephe's review

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dark mysterious tense medium-paced

4.0

marlyons's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

scastricato1's review against another edition

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4.0

Wow I couldn’t put this book down; it was absolutely enthralling. However, it loses a star because it really did take a long time to get to the big “family game.” At certain points, it felt a bit drawn out.

kristenw's review against another edition

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dark mysterious medium-paced

3.0

csnurr's review against another edition

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1.0

I could not get over the fact that this books opens with the main character getting engaged at the (nearly empty) Rockefeller ice skating rink in front of the Rockefeller Christmas tree in New York City BEFORE Thanksgiving. And that all the other skaters randomly join in an almost synchronized dance.

Has this author ever been to New York in December? Did she do any research? Because the tree doesn’t get revealed until the week after Thanksgiving and there’s no way the characters would have had room to breathe let alone get down on one knee in front of it. And there’s no way that that would be old money New York Edward’s first choice of proposal site.

Harry also spends way too much time lusting after her future father in law who is essentially described as Jeff Bezos and I could not understand why she kept going in and on about how hot Jeff Bezos was.

mackenzie72's review against another edition

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2.0

2.5