Reviews tagging 'Pedophilia'

All Good People Here by Ashley Flowers

87 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

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

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

melanie_book's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Violence

Moderate: Pedophilia

quercine's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad 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? No

2.5

It’s a good book, a good mystery even.  However, it is clearly the author’s fantasy about solving the JonBenet Ramsey case, which I personally found ethically questionable. The cold case in the book is so obviously inspired by the real life JBR case and the ending [no spoilers] came off as her personal theory on a real life unsolved case. Despite decent writing and a twist ending, by the end I was more focused on how this suddenly felt more like an true crime podcast episode in an alternate universe, which honestly I should have seen coming given the author’s day job. I would have given this at least 4 stars for plot and writing if the plot wasn’t so clearly the author exploiting a real life murder victim’s story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Dementia, and Murder

Moderate: Gun violence and Stalking

randaem's review against another edition

3.5

The maybe a 3.75 or a 4 before the ending. I also struggled with the main character and all of her hunches and "instincts" they seem unfounded and often counterintuitive.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Pedophilia, Violence, Kidnapping, and Stalking

kristinebennett's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Murder

Moderate: Pedophilia and Suicide

Minor: Miscarriage and Sexual assault

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

stellayoung's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder

Minor: Pedophilia

teebe's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Dementia, and Grief

Moderate: Child death, Death, Gun violence, Suicide, Blood, and Murder

Minor: Alcoholism, Pedophilia, and Pregnancy