Reviews tagging 'Domestic abuse'

All Good People Here by Ashley Flowers

15 reviews

cdkm9's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.75

A page-turner that had me hooked from the beginning and kept surprising me until the very end! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Child death, Pedophilia, Dementia, and Murder

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Gun violence, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Suicide, Kidnapping, Grief, and Stalking

Minor: Alcoholism, Cancer, Domestic abuse, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Abortion, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

mrsdfraggd's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Child death

Minor: Domestic abuse

Graphic description of child murder at the very end & ends on a cliffhanger

dev921's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Blood, Dementia, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

haveyouseencass's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Murder, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

robvit's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad fast-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

I wanted to rate this higher. I was absolutely giving it four stars until the very last page. This book is very well written overall. It reads very quickly, clearly, and makes you want to keep going every time a chapter ends. There are lots of twists and most if not all of them make sense, some even made me want to start the book over so I could see how I missed some of the connections.

The subject matter is dark. Very dark. This one is not for the faint of heart. There’s no real gore, but there’s violence involving children, especially near the very end, that won’t sit well with some people. 

Regardless of all of this, I was still enjoying it overall until it abruptly ended. The book answers most of the questions it asks but leaves such an important part of the plot unresolved that I can’t accept it as a reader. I hate open endings, personally. I’d rather not read a story at all if it doesn’t have a clear ending. Perhaps the author who typically works with true crime, was trying to take a page from reality where there aren’t necessarily happy endings, but this ending choice felt like a middle finger to the reader, and took away from what was overall a very solid novel. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Violence, Kidnapping, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

mollywill's review against another edition

dark 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? It's complicated

2.5

I was going to rate this book higher but the ending

(or should I say non-ending)

totally ruined it for me.

It felt like the author didn’t know how to wrap things up & wanted to avoid being accused of being cliché so she threw in a cliffhanger, but it comes off as lazy.

The plot twists weren’t anything special (I could see a number of them coming) and the book overall just left me disappointed. It was a fine read but there are better options in this genre.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Domestic abuse, Dementia, and Murder

Moderate: Infidelity

Minor: Miscarriage and Abortion

lwelch94'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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

ruffian23's review against another edition

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

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

Minor: Infertility, Miscarriage, and Abortion

jellycatfrog's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.25

I could not have guessed the ending, what a twist! But it did make sense and it was a great whodunnit. Devastating though.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Pedophilia, Blood, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

lisapetrakis's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

• Loveable characters? No

1.0

This book read like true crime fanfic to me (JonBenet Ramsey fanfic? Gross). I found the characters to all be unlikable and the story was uncomfortably dark and painfully predictable. This was a big miss for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, and Dementia