Reviews tagging 'Miscarriage'

All Good People Here by Ashley Flowers

98 reviews

hart_ley's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad fast-paced

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

4.5

holy twisty turn-y!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence and Murder

Minor: Miscarriage, Sexual assault, and Suicide

veronica214's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.75

Lots of twists and cliff hanger chapters.

In 1994, five-year-old January Jacobs was murdered in her home. Twenty years later her best friend Margot grew up to be a journalist for IndyNow. Devastatingly, another little girl has been killed in Margot's hometown. Margot decides to move back to Wakarusa to live with her ill uncle, and also investigate if these two murders are connected.

Some plot points felt sort of weak to me. But overall, a decent thriller.
 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Pedophilia, Suicide, Dementia, and Grief

Moderate: Cursing, Panic attacks/disorders, Kidnapping, and Stalking

Minor: Miscarriage and Rape

yeahok's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

No spoilers here, but wow. That ending. 🫢

I was able to predict some things- or at least I had ideas in the same ballpark. It was at times confusing with all the past and present story lines, but I eventually got the hang of it. 

There are still a few unanswered questions, so I’m wondering if there will be a second book? 

I do not feel good after reading this one and would probably warn my sensitive reader friends about the murderer’s shocking, heartbreaking, detailed retelling of the crime.  Don’t get me wrong, the book was good, just sad. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Infertility, Miscarriage, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

awildintrovert's review against another edition

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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

I really hoped the end wouldn’t be as bad as people were making it out to be, but it was one hell of a cliffhanger for a seemingly one-off book. It’s easy to read and the mystery hooked me immediately. The narrative is easy to follow even while it’s between 3 different people. The two mc’s are written well but not without their flaws, and there were a couple of points where I really thought “she’s not really that dumb, is she?” (Both mc’s are women) While they make the same mistakes and shitty choices multiple times over. But the story itself was really good, the twists were crazy, cohesive, and well done, all in all I loved the book. But that ending…to take it to that high of a cliff and end it the way it did? Killed the joy I received from it a lot. I would recommend the book if you don’t mind unanswered cliffhangers, otherwise I just hope she’ll write another.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Dementia

Moderate: Dementia and Abandonment

Minor: Addiction, Cursing, Gun violence, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Suicide, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, and Abortion

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

renaytaylor's review against another edition

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Minor: Miscarriage

izphi's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death

Minor: Miscarriage and Abortion

eliya's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective 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? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

Wowie. What a rollercoaster. The book was hard to get into at first, was a little groaning at the farm wife // small town stereotypes but by half way through I think it set a believable scene. I am a little skeptical about some of the events / facts that felt purely coincidental, not entirely believable. I almost DNFd because of how “perfectly” things were falling into place and how the dementia scenes with her uncle seemed to be the same thing over and over again. 
I definitely suspended my disbelief in order to have fun with the book and I did wind up enjoying it. 

Pleasantly surprised about the gayness!! :D Shame that one of them always fucking dies tho lmao. Really was on the edge of my seat with all of the plot twists hahaha it gave me a glimpse into what it might be like to be a journalist or a detective like constantly changing your focus/suspect. No good people to be found lmao. Epilogue was a roller coaster. I fully had sympathy for Billy and then very much didn’t. It was really fascinating and believable the conclusions his mind came to. Best part of the book I think.

Ultimately, chilling, sad, and I’m glad I read it. 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Cursing, and Physical abuse

Minor: Gun violence, Miscarriage, Kidnapping, and Stalking

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

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