Reviews tagging 'Suicide'

All Good People Here by Ashley Flowers

74 reviews

devmerc's review

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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Murder, and Dementia

Moderate: Suicide

Minor: Child abuse

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

Spoiler

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

Spoiler

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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

atalea's review against another edition

dark reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Grief, and Dementia

Moderate: Kidnapping, Alcohol, Sexual violence, Murder, Death, Infidelity, and Suicide

Minor: Abortion, Death of parent, Infertility, Animal cruelty, Miscarriage, and Panic attacks/disorders

chaney_h_medley's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

This one was slow. I almost wanted to give up on it, but the end really picked up. Written and read by Ashley Flowers of Crime Junky podcast. My favorite part was the unique structure of how she revealed the story. There could be some triggering aspects, especially for parents. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Murder, and Child abuse

Minor: Suicide and Sexual assault

jsho44's review against another edition

mysterious medium-paced

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

2.75

Really enjoyed this book but the ending ruined it for me

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Suicide

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

4.75

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

allisonisbooked's review

mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Stalking, Suicide, and Child death

katielynnperry96's review

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Child death, and Suicide

johnnalasswell's review

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide, Child death, and Murder

on_your_raedar's review against another edition

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

2.75

It was an easy listen for sure. Some of the chapters are kinda dull, and there are some pacing issues but the plot was compelling enough to keep me going. I had some high hopes because of the author's background but this story is filled with a lot of conveniences that give the main characters enough wins to keep going. 

I really want to give this 3 stars because it was worth finishing but the ending really didn't land with me.

Spoiler

I hate that the author chose to leave it open-ended. It could have been really strong to know if she got away and was able to get to the police or if she didn't. So much of this story is propelled by emotion which is not the vibe I usually like, especially in journalism/ police procedure-type stories. I understand this isn't a true police procedure but there is enough in it to cause more structure than we got. Plus the big "twist" at the end of it being her "dad" that killed her wasn't really a twist in my eyes.

The author has a talent for sure, if I remember correctly,  this was her debut so she has a lot of opportunities to grow in the craft. Will check back in with her work in a few books.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Child death and Suicide