Reviews tagging 'Pedophilia'

All the Beautiful Lies by Peter Swanson

18 reviews

mothercoconuts's review against another edition

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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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esmith526's review against another edition

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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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christinesreads's review against another edition

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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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bibliophilekiera's review against another edition

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dark mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character

2.0


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ronnieb's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No

2.75

Trigger Warning: Sexual Abuse, Nonconsensual Sexual Acts, Pedophilia 

2.75 Stars

This is going to be short and sweet, this book grossed me out with the number of underage people being manipulated into sexual situations. It just shows the cycle of abuse that continues generation after generation from men and women. The book moves at a fast-paced and is split into two timelines and I preferred the “then” timeline. I will say the middle point “twist” shocked me and I liked the direction the story took from there. I did see the end reveal coming but I still think it was done well and made the most sense. So far my least favorite showing from this author. 


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emmaclaire_z's review against another edition

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dark mysterious fast-paced

5.0


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madreads29's review against another edition

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

4.0


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ph_read_be's review against another edition

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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

4.0


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