Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

All Good People Here by Ashley Flowers

26 reviews

amanda_reads13's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-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? Yes

3.0

Margot, a crime reporter, returns to her small home town to care for her sick uncle and to look into the 20 year old case of her childhood friend's death. 

This book flips between 2 timelines. The past when January is killed and the present when Margot come back to town. Everyone is a suspect and you never really know who to believe. Was it the brother? The mother? A random man?

This was an interesting take on a cold case story, but read very much like JonBenet Ramsey's case.
  
It had some good twists and turns, but that ending was such a bummer. So anti-climatic. It was a non-ending. I thought I was missing a chapter. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Grief, Child death, and Gun violence

Moderate: Miscarriage, Kidnapping, Pedophilia, and Stalking

slad's review

dark fast-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? Yes

1.75

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ending  felt like too many twists that didn’t all add up or feel complete. Ending was too graphic for me. No loveable characters

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Infertility, Kidnapping, Murder, Sexual assault, Suicide, Body horror, Child death, Death, Dementia, Grief, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Child abuse, Adult/minor relationship, and Miscarriage

bek_p87's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

I really enjoyed this, even though the twists were a mixed bag - some obvious and telegraphed from miles away, others subtle and clever. But I don't appreciate abrupt and ambiguous endings - a few remaining unimportant loose ends are fine, but one big major one? No thanks. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Child death, Murder, and Dementia

Moderate: Violence and Gun violence

lottiebrooks's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.5

I really enjoyed the process of reading this book, it’s the first book in a while that’s made me think about it in between reads/want to get back to it. The author does red herrings and plot twists really well, and it’s an impressive debut book. 

-0.5 stars because the flashback case was SO similar to

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JonBenet Ramsey’s story that it took a lot of the suspense out of it for me. I was left underwhelmed by the story playing out the same way as all the conspiracy theories about her case. That said, you can tell the author knows about realistic outcomes in this arena.

 

-1 Because, like everyone else, the ending took away from an otherwise powerful ending.  

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To be in the corner of a character the whole time, and be excited that they “won”, just to not know if they died at the end/if their uncle with dementia is now alone is so weird to me. 4 more pages and I would have considered a 5 on this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Child death, Murder, and Dementia

Moderate: Gun violence

Minor: Drug abuse and Animal cruelty

stephanieluxton's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Child death, and Grief

Moderate: Pedophilia, Blood, Drug use, Gun violence, Infidelity, and Stalking

Minor: Animal cruelty, Violence, Suicide, Sexual content, and Animal death

mantoothemma's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective tense 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Stalking, Suicide, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Kidnapping, Dementia, Stalking, and Gun violence

annaofjesup's review

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? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dementia, Child death, and Murder

Moderate: Child abuse, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Death of parent, Grief, Abortion, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Blood, Cursing, Death, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Pedophilia, Suicide, Terminal illness, Chronic illness, Pregnancy, Stalking, and Infertility

rileyblancett's review against another edition

mysterious tense fast-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? No

3.0

I found it difficult to get into at first, but once the plot picked up, it stayed up. Kind of reads like if someone turned the Jon-Benet Ramsey case into a fictional story.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Child death, and Murder

Moderate: Pedophilia and Suicide

Minor: Abortion, Child abuse, and Sexual assault

kwilson2512's review against another edition

dark sad tense fast-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Murder, Suicide, Violence, and Kidnapping

ruffian23's review

dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Violence, Pedophilia, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Stalking, Physical abuse, and Murder

Moderate: Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, Kidnapping, Sexual violence, Dementia, and Gun violence

Minor: Abortion, Infertility, and Miscarriage