Reviews tagging 'Pedophilia'

All the Beautiful Lies by Peter Swanson

15 reviews

justkeyreads's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

3.5

Wow, the amount of grooming, under age relationships that string together the characters in this book in almost unreal. Let's just add in obsession, revenge and murder and you have a pot of chaos and boundaries crossed. There were so many I dropped  my mouth opened when the twists were revealed though I figured it out earlier, because I mean really? It was almost to the point of being uncomfortable, but there was also murder. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship

Moderate: Death, Pedophilia, Emotional abuse, Grief, and Death of parent

mjmitch10's review against another edition

I couldn’t stand the people or  relationships in the book. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Pedophilia and Adult/minor relationship

ladybugwrites's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

I bought this book a few years back because I absolutely loved The Kind Worth Killing and it made me think that Peter Swanson had more to offer and that I'd probably like his other books. And I was right. I really enjoyed this. It fell a little short of The Kind Worth Killing, but the twists and turns in this book was still intriguing and I found it played out rather nicely.

I will say that I kept guessing throughout the book and thats partly one of the reasons I love mysteries, the act of guessing and the fantastic feeling of being right. I did guess some wrongly at the start of the book, but I did figure out some things before and in the end, it made sense anyways and that's always a good thing. 

One of the things I didn't like was the sex scenes, and there should be a warning label for pedophiles. It makes sense within the story, but its enough and big enough of a plot point to make one uncomfortable.

I don't know what else to say. It's well written, it keeps you turning page after page, and it's definitely an indicator that I'm picking up more of Peter Swanson's books. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Addiction, Sexual assault, and Violence

Moderate: Pedophilia

nailartklaudia's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Death, Death of parent, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Murder, and Pedophilia

Minor: Vomit, Blood, Cancer, and Stalking

ventellina's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Pedophilia, and Adult/minor relationship

sarahna's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child abuse, Death of parent, Gore, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Stalking, Grief, Infidelity, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Incest, Murder, Addiction, Alcoholism, Cancer, and Sexual content

emmalouisepip's review against another edition

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia and Adult/minor relationship

Moderate: Rape and Alcoholism

mothercoconuts's review against another edition

challenging medium-paced

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

3.0

While this was fun….I’d say my issues were too much filler info on irrelevant characters and backgrounds, and after realizing what the book was really about, I didn’t get the point...like, why did we want to read about them? 
Harry was totally unnecessary. He did not need to be in the book at all! The book was about Alice (and Jake) even though it starts off making it seem like Harry is going to be the mc. Too much filler around Harry and his friend and a couple other totally irrelevant characters I could have done without. 
It just felt like a lot of random things thrown together to make a twisty story that ends WILDLY lol omg. I actually liked the very end for Alice as it was entertaining and overall satisfying but obviously pretty wild.  
Also, it boils down to a book about women who like older men (1 at least for sure bc of a traumatic upbringing) and 2

pedophiles, essentially, who can’t help but sleep with too-young girls!

soooo, cool? That doesn’t trigger me necessarily, but it just seems pointless once you get to the end. Like what was the actual point of the whole story?! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia and Alcoholism

Moderate: Murder

Minor: Kidnapping, Violence, Cancer, and Drug abuse

esmith526's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death of parent, Adult/minor relationship, Death, Grief, Infidelity, Murder, and Pedophilia

Minor: Terminal illness

christinesreads's review against another edition

dark 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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship

Moderate: Death of parent, Gun violence, Murder, Grief, Alcoholism, Death, Infidelity, Pedophilia, and Violence

Minor: Cancer, Suicide, Vomit, and Terminal illness