Reviews tagging 'Animal cruelty'

All Good People Here by Ashley Flowers

21 reviews

atalea's review against another edition

dark reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Dementia, and Grief

Moderate: Death, Infidelity, Sexual violence, Suicide, Kidnapping, Murder, and Alcohol

Minor: Animal cruelty, Infertility, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Abortion, and Death of parent

lottiebrooks's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-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

3.5

I really enjoyed the process of reading this book, it’s the first book in a while that’s made me think about it in between reads/want to get back to it. The author does red herrings and plot twists really well, and it’s an impressive debut book. 

-0.5 stars because the flashback case was SO similar to

JonBenet Ramsey’s story that it took a lot of the suspense out of it for me. I was left underwhelmed by the story playing out the same way as all the conspiracy theories about her case. That said, you can tell the author knows about realistic outcomes in this arena.

 

-1 Because, like everyone else, the ending took away from an otherwise powerful ending.  

To be in the corner of a character the whole time, and be excited that they “won”, just to not know if they died at the end/if their uncle with dementia is now alone is so weird to me. 4 more pages and I would have considered a 5 on this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Pedophilia, Dementia, and Murder

Moderate: Gun violence

Minor: Animal cruelty and Drug abuse

honeysidehomestead's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Child death

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Violence

Minor: Sexual assault

stephanieluxton's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Grief, and Murder

Moderate: Drug use, Gun violence, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Blood, and Stalking

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Sexual content, Suicide, and Violence

macykey's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.75

This book was compelling and easy to read, but the ending left too much to be desired. There’s not exactly enough of a mystery left to have a sequel, but there’s one big thing that I need resolved. I would’ve also liked this book more if the mystery was more original and not the story of Jon Benet Ramsey except it’s solved.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Drug use, and Suicide

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

sjpate14's review against another edition

dark emotional 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? Yes

3.25

Growing up as a millennial, couldn’t help but notice parallels to JonBenet Ramsey crime - a lot of twists in this one, so many I think the book gets a little lost

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Child abuse, and Child death

wheeliechick's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad 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? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Pedophilia and Sexual assault

Minor: Miscarriage

ittybittycowboy's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-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

The ending is so abrupt and completely unsatisfying

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death and Pedophilia

Minor: Animal cruelty

jesslaurenbooks's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective sad fast-paced

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

5.0

WOW. I've never given a thriller a 5 star rating before, but I think this knocks everything else I've read out of the water. It will break your heart and make you grip the edge of your seat until your knuckles have turned white. 
I felt like this book was written tactfully and brilliantly, despite its heavy subject matter. This book focuses on crimes against children, so I've included trigger warnings (that I know of) at the end of my review before reading as there are quite a few. The story jumps back and forth, mostly from Margot in 2019 to Krissy in 1994. If you're a <i> Crime Junkie </i> like me, you'll love the way it feels like you're unraveling the story along with Margot. Knowing what it's like first-hand, this is also a really realistic view into what it's like when someone in your family is fading from dementia. It was brutal to experience that with Margot.  It's really easy to root for Margot being down on her luck and wanting to help out her uncle, and I think that's what makes this story so good. I'm very much a character girlie, but many crime thrillers are so focused on plot they end up having less compelling characters. This was not the case here, which is why I rated it so highly. Just when I thought I had everything figured out, the rug got pulled from under me for a gut-wrenching ending. 
Trigger warnings: mentions of child SA, Murder of a child, self-harm, mentions of suicide
<b> Thank you to NetGalley and Penguin Random House for this Advanced Reader's Copy in exchange for my fair and honest review. This title will be available on August 16th. </b>

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Mental illness, Self harm, and Dementia

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Self harm, and Suicide