Reviews tagging 'Pedophilia'

All Good People Here by Ashley Flowers

61 reviews

suchallie's review

challenging dark mysterious fast-paced

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

4.0

This would have been a near 5 star for me but the ending?! wtf???? zero closure!

otherwise an excellent read, I devoured this in 3 days. some of the red herrings are obvious in the writing but that I can forgive. The ending I cannot. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Suicide, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Dementia, Infertility, Stalking, Pedophilia, and Miscarriage

Moderate: Child abuse, Alcohol, Infidelity, Drug use, Gaslighting, Blood, and Kidnapping

grimmwidow's review

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death

Moderate: Pedophilia

Minor: Miscarriage

jennifersmind's review

mysterious medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Child death

Moderate: Mental illness

Minor: Child abuse, Sexual violence, Pedophilia, and Animal death

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

daithy's review

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

So many plot twists, every time I thought I had it figured out,  I was wrong lol
It's well written... this would have got 5 stars,  but leaving it open ended bothers me.  I really hope there's a sequel! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child death, Dementia, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Stalking, and Suicide

katosta8815's review

challenging dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Physical abuse, and Violence

Moderate: Sexual assault and Pedophilia

xkeyla17's review

dark mysterious sad tense

• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

This is giving Pretty Little Liars in the sense that a lot of things are going on that came out of nowhere and the ending is just... not it

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Kidnapping, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Stalking, and Physical abuse

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

avidreaderandgeekgirl's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

I enjoyed the book and was surprised by the ending. Though I would have liked a more definitive ending, I liked being surprised by who the murderer was. I do wonder though

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if Officer Wallace was a red herring or why she was in the book but not mentioned with the serial child murderer. Was it because of the time gap?

Overall it was a twisty thriller that I enjoyed, with just that one plot hole. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Dementia, Grief, Violence, Child death, and Murder

Moderate: Pedophilia, Addiction, Death, Medical content, Alcohol, Cursing, and Suicide

Minor: Sexual violence, Alcoholism, and Sexual assault