Reviews tagging 'Infidelity'

All Good People Here by Ashley Flowers

58 reviews

stephaniezd's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-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? It's complicated

2.5

+half a point for finishing it, because I wanted to see if my prediction was right (it was). What a terrible combination of a podcaster’s wet dream to solve the Jon Benet Ramsey case and a cheap knockoff of Sharp Objects. Take a pass on this one. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Death of parent, and Classism

hettiebrett's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Violence, Murder, Abandonment, and Alcohol

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

antidietleah's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad 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? No

3.75

 This one had me hooked! Really well done for a debut novel. This is one instance where the author did a great job of weaving the past and present into the narrative. And it definitely kept me guessing! Most of the time, I was highly suspicious of multiple people - it wasn't overly obvious to me which is a WIN for a mystery. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Violence, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Drug abuse, Infidelity, Suicide, and Kidnapping

Minor: Pregnancy and Alcohol

caitbop5's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Infidelity, Dementia, Kidnapping, Stalking, and Murder

Moderate: Gun violence, Pedophilia, Self harm, Suicide, and Violence

Minor: Confinement, Miscarriage, Blood, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

fkshg8465's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

4.75

Would’ve given this a five, except that I was frustrated by the ending. Storytelling was well done. All throughout the book, I had more information than any of the characters at any point in the story, but still, there were multiple red herrings to get through. And even though I had parts figured out in advance, including what really happened that night, which was only revealed at the very end, I was frustrated because there were multiple time lines, and the present time line was too abrupt for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Abortion, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

midsummernoodle'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

3.0

I enjoyed the book and I liked the twist at the end, but god, that ending was so unfulfilling. I don't want the author to say, "Here, the ending is unfinished so you can make it up!" That feels lazy and unsatisfying. Blegh. I am disappointed. The writing was overall very good and engaging, but I just kept looking at the amount I had left and thinking, "surely not, surely there's more, right????"

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Dementia

Moderate: Child death, Drug use, Infidelity, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Suicide, Stalking, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Cursing, Infertility, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Terminal illness, Blood, Kidnapping, Stalking, Abortion, Pregnancy, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

cetasmom's review against another edition

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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

I added content warnings because I generally don't read books that have children injured or killed, so I'm not sure why I picked this one.  I didn't realize the extent the book would cover the children's death. That doesn't have anything to do with the 3.5 stars, its just my warning to other readers.  Despite the above, I did keep reading and enjoyed the book.  For me a 3 is ok, a 4 really good and I personally withhold 5 starts for something really special or something that touches me.   I did have the who of the of one of the twists figured out, I just didn't know the way.  And I knew the who & why of one of the other murders as soon as it happened.  So 3.5 stars because it was a good book, good storyline but I wasn't wowed.  Would recommend to others with the content warning ahead of time.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Sexual assault, Suicide, Blood, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Infidelity, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Minor: Infidelity, Abortion, and Pregnancy

adeavila's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-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? No

5.0

I really enjoyed this book. Even when I thought I had it figured out, it kept me guessing. I found the main character really likable and relatable. I definitely recommend reading this book!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Dementia, Kidnapping, and Murder

Moderate: Sexual assault

Minor: Infertility, Infidelity, and Abortion

phantomgecko's review against another edition

dark 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

4.0

Ashley Flowers has written what she knows: small town Indiana and (fictional) true crime.

It kinda feels JonBenet Ramsey murder fanfiction. But, since that's an unsolved murder with several theories, I guess it's reasonable to fictionalize it.

The double narrative, the twists, the turns, the epilogue... It all came together well. I enjoyed reading it. I didn't loooove it probably because I felt detached from the characters, and that's okay.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death, Gun violence, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Blood, Dementia, and Murder