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All Good People Here by Ashley Flowers

21 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

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

emadisonc's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-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

4.0

What small tragedies their lives had turned out to be.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dementia

Moderate: Child abuse, Sexual assault, and Suicide

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Drug abuse, and Miscarriage

writer_egreene's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child death, Gun violence, Infertility, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Dementia, Grief, Stalking, Murder, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Blood, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

Minor: Cancer, Cursing, Miscarriage, Sexual violence, and Abortion

nina_jo's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Dementia, and Murder

Minor: Alcoholism and Animal cruelty

jschenk's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad fast-paced

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

4.5

Very good. Lots of twists and turns. The end is sad and hard to read but necessary in order to bring closure to everything. All in all, very good. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death

Moderate: Dementia and Grief

Minor: Animal cruelty, Cancer, Drug use, Infertility, Miscarriage, and Kidnapping

allegrayr00's review against another edition

mysterious tense medium-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Child death, Self harm, Dementia, Stalking, and Murder

Moderate: Cursing, Suicide, Blood, Kidnapping, and Alcohol

Minor: Infidelity, Miscarriage, and Abortion

mgseaton01's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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

4.0

 Even though this is a fictional crime, Ashley Flowers’ respect for victims of crimes is seen throughout by humanizing her characters. The ending left me begging for a sequel though! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Violence, Dementia, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Religious bigotry

Minor: Animal cruelty, Infertility, Miscarriage, Suicide, Kidnapping, and Alcohol

megwalker's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.5

Great thriller, and had some good twists on the classic format. The ending ‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️ still not sure if I love it or hate it

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Content Warnings

Minor: Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Infertility, Pedophilia, and Stalking

spookycece13's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

I'm so so notorious for giving everything 5 stars and it may just be because I love Crime Junkie but this book is now in my top 5. I think it was very well written and the twists all shocked me (even if I did figure out a couple). And THAT ENDING.  Our story follows a duel timeline with Margot in 2019, trying to solve not only the murder of her childhood friend but also the murder of another child; and on the other side we have Krissy in the 90's who discovers her child, January, dead in her own home. This book is so twisty and so great. If you like Crime Junkie (or not, I don't know your life), murder mysteries and shocking twists and turns out of your thrillers, give this book a try. This was Ashley Flowers very first novel and she absolutely killed it in the best way. (Pun intented). 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Cursing, Drug use, Suicide, Blood, Dementia, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Gun violence, Infidelity, and Pedophilia

Minor: Alcoholism, Infertility, and Miscarriage