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All the Beautiful Lies by Peter Swanson

3 reviews

chelseamayxxx's review against another edition

adventurous 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? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I will say that I was kept guessing throughout this book and thats one of the reasons I love mysteries, the act of guessing and the fantastic feeling of being right sometimes on who the killer is or who done the crime. I did guess some wrong at the start of the book, but I slowly managed to figure it out apart 5 chapters from the end, of the book the plot of the book made quite a lot of sense.

One of the things I didn't like was the sex scenes at all. They should be of been a warning label for pedophiles at the beginning of the book so people know what they are going Into with this book
Some of the sex scene we’re a bit uncomfortable to read about especially when the characters are 

 It's such a well written book and it keeps you wanting to read more and more the book. I will be picking up more of Peter Swansons books as this is the 2nd book I have read by him and really enjoyed. Xxx 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship

Moderate: Death, Sexual content, and Death of parent

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

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