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All Good People Here by Ashley Flowers

24 reviews

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

kschultz01's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-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

3.75

Loved this book and found it to keep me wanting more. However, the epilogue was very hard to read and lowered my rating. The very descriptive

/spoiler> murder of January by her father

was very hard to read and turned me from a high 4 - 5 star rating down to a 3.75. I loved the detail, yet hated it at the same time. The story kept me wanting more and just when I think I finally figured something out another plot twist was thrown into the mix. 

Love Ashley Flowers and am a huge fan of crime junkie! I hope to see more books from her in the future

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Violence, Blood, Dementia, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Cancer, Sexual assault, Stalking, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

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

soobooksalot's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Terminal illness, Grief, Abortion, Murder, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

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