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All Good People Here by Ashley Flowers

9 reviews

spookycece13's review

dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

I'm so so notorious for giving everything 5 stars and it may just be because I love Crime Junkie but this book is now in my top 5. I think it was very well written and the twists all shocked me (even if I did figure out a couple). And THAT ENDING.  Our story follows a duel timeline with Margot in 2019, trying to solve not only the murder of her childhood friend but also the murder of another child; and on the other side we have Krissy in the 90's who discovers her child, January, dead in her own home. This book is so twisty and so great. If you like Crime Junkie (or not, I don't know your life), murder mysteries and shocking twists and turns out of your thrillers, give this book a try. This was Ashley Flowers very first novel and she absolutely killed it in the best way. (Pun intented). 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Cursing, Suicide, Dementia, Drug use, Animal cruelty, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, Grief, Kidnapping, and Murder

Moderate: Gun violence, Infidelity, Pedophilia, and Addiction

Minor: Infertility, Alcoholism, and Miscarriage

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

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

becca_w_'s review

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Cursing, Death, Dementia, Gore, Infertility, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Child abuse, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Terminal illness, Grief, Gun violence, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Violence, Stalking, and Suicide

Moderate: Sexual violence, Addiction, and Sexual assault

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Alcoholism, Classism, Abortion, Drug use, and Rape

dayingst's review

dark emotional mysterious 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Dementia, Grief, and Child death

Moderate: Gun violence, Infidelity, Infertility, Kidnapping, and Suicide

Minor: Alcoholism, Pregnancy, Miscarriage, and Panic attacks/disorders

carly_zimm's review

dark mysterious sad tense 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? No

4.0

This book surprised me! The best thrillers are the ones where you have no idea what’s coming, and while I tried to guess throughout the story, I did not expect the ending. Please check the content warnings for this one because it was dark. But if you’re a thriller fan, I would definitely recommend it!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Stalking, Pedophilia, Murder, Dementia, and Child death

Moderate: Alcoholism and Sexual assault

casuallycharlie's review

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Pedophilia, and Murder

Moderate: Sexual assault, Suicide, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Dementia, Drug abuse, and Stalking

Minor: Miscarriage

maregred's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-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? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Dementia, Abandonment, Kidnapping, Child death, Gaslighting, and Grief

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Stalking, Gun violence, and Infidelity

Minor: Classism, Drug abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Drug use, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Religious bigotry, Suicide, Alcohol, Abortion, Addiction, Alcoholism, and Blood

winley's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dementia, Child death, Violence, Grief, Death, Infidelity, and Murder

Moderate: Pedophilia, Mental illness, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Panic attacks/disorders, Kidnapping, and Cursing

Minor: Abortion, Stalking, Pregnancy, Miscarriage, Infertility, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Suicide, and Blood

kaseymkelley's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

Thank you so much to Ashley Flowers, Bantam, and NetGalley for this eARC!

January Jacobs is murdered after going missing from her home in Wakarusa, Indiana in 1994. After 25 years, the case is still unsolved. Reporter Margot Davies moves back to Wakarusa to help care for her Uncle Luke. When she arrives in Indiana, Margot learns of another young girl, Natalie Clark, who has gone missing. The residents of Wakarusa, and Margot, are convinced that these two cases are linked. Can Margot prove that the same perpetrator was responsible for both January’s murder and Natalie’s disappearance, or will she lose everything along the way? 

What an incredible debut from Ashley Flowers! If you love thrillers, podcasts, and true crime, you’ll enjoy this book. It’s incredibly fast paced, and you really aren’t sure who you can trust as you are reading. I loved the small town gossip that helped Margot along her way, and I love all of the connections that pulled the story together. Such a great read! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Child death

Moderate: Suicide and Murder

Minor: Alcoholism and Stalking