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All Her Little Secrets by Wanda M. Morris

8 reviews

augustinedreams's review

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Very dark and intense. I was invested from page 1. This book is a great psychological thriller with lots of plots twists. Yet somehow, also gives social commentary on POC specifically women of color.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Cursing, Murder, Police brutality, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Terminal illness, Xenophobia, Addiction, Bullying, Child abuse, Misogyny, Grief, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Chronic illness, Dementia, Gun violence, Hate crime, Racism, Rape, Violence, Classism, Alcoholism, Blood, Cultural appropriation, Death, Domestic abuse, and Drug abuse

marissasa's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

3.0

This book was full of stress, drama, and trauma. It starts out as a little bit of a murder mystery but gets more convoluted and tense as the plot thickens. Although we know that our main character is flawed and hiding secrets of her own, it was difficult for me to understand why she kept making bad decision after bad decision despite her being a very intelligent and successful lawyer. She doesn't trust anyone (rightfully so) but it was hard to keep up with her after she kept continually lying and digging herself into deeper holes with the people around her and the police investigating her. What happened with her brother made me so sad, and her tragic backstory made me even sadder. The true criminals were unfortunately very realistic and although she did get a hint of revenge at the end, it wasn't truly satisfying to me and I couldn't help but just feel sad and unfulfilled for her and the end of the story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Physical abuse, Dementia, Domestic abuse, Hate crime, Infidelity, Abortion, Alcoholism, Blood, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Grief, Murder, Pedophilia, Racism, Rape, and Violence

amandas_bookshelf's review against another edition

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Child abuse, Abortion, Blood, Infidelity, Antisemitism, Gun violence, Police brutality, Racism, Rape, Xenophobia, Abandonment, Dementia, and Racial slurs

leahrosiee's review against another edition

tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Pregnancy, Abortion, Gaslighting, Child abuse, Death, Racism, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Violence, and Gun violence

Moderate: Dementia, Stalking, Rape, Hate crime, Blood, and Sexism

Minor: Classism, Trafficking, Police brutality, Genocide, Confinement, and Kidnapping

caribbeangirlreading's review

challenging 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gaslighting, Murder, Racism, Alcoholism, Abortion, Gun violence, and Sexism

Moderate: Pedophilia

Minor: Dementia

samchase112's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious fast-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

My first ever thriller, and it was a fantastic one! Ellice Littlejohn was such an interesting, well-drawn character, and the mystery twisty and compelling. Often the characters and situations became broader than needed, but for a first thriller I thoroughly enjoyed this one.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Abortion

Moderate: Murder, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, and Police brutality

janjanjukebox's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.0

All Her Little Secrets by Wanda M. Morris 384 pages, 11 hours and 47 minutes narrated by Susan Dalian 
Genre: Mystery Thriller, African-American Fiction, Contemporary, Suspense, Crime 
Featuring: Atlanta, Georgia; Lawyers, Murder, Corruption, Sexism, Racism, Child Abuse, Violence, Stupidity, Secrets, Family Dynamics, Dual Timelines 
Rating as a movie: R for adult content 
My rating: ⭐⭐⭐ 
My thoughts: 2% - I have read too many Christian Romances lately as I was not expecting that! I have to get my mind right to enjoy this one.
 8% - Meh. Lulled already.
 22% - This is unfortunately dull. I'm not quitting but I'm taking a break, 8 chapters down and it's still slow.
 25% - That was the best chapter (9) of the book. I wish the best friend was the main character.
 58% - 23 chapters down and I'm still just trudging along. This story feels dated. It's not exciting and it is most definitely not on the level of The Firm. If it wasn't for the mention of Get Out and texting, it could have easily been a nineties book. I'll finish it but I'm not impressed, it's written just well enough to keep you going, but not to keep you intrigued. 
 83% - 😒 I like not. There was a chance for redemption but it went left and I can only take so much stupidity. I hate went they use it to fuel the plot. 
This book's first mistake was claiming to be a "fast-paced thriller." I wish publishers would stop doing this disservice to books. Yes, you might get me to read a book because you claim it's a fast-paced thriller or a nail-biting psychological thriller, but if all I get is a suspenseful mystery I'm going to be disappointed, your book is gonna get low reviews and eventually no one's going to read it. If you're just honest people who are looking for those stories will find your book and give it high praise. This story was okay. I didn't like it, but I didn't dislike it overall. Chapter 9 was the best part of this book, at least it had some life. This book was not a true thriller, it was too slow and I didn't feel like the character was in danger, based on her actions neither did she. I think it would have been better as a general fiction book with a mysterious crime. The last quarter of the book was better than the rest of it but by that time I was just accepting that it wasn't gonna get much better. This story had action but in slow motion. 
Recommend to others?: Not really. I can see many people enjoying this book but I wouldn't recommend it to anyone in general. Someone looking for something specific, sure. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Physical abuse, and Abortion

Moderate: Violence, Gun violence, Murder, Racism, Alcoholism, Child abuse, and Sexism

Minor: Pedophilia, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Abortion, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Adult/minor relationship, Classism, and Domestic abuse

liblibby's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-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

4.0

This book was super fun and exciting. I couldn't wait to see how it was going to play out. There were some parts that were a little repetitive but the satisfactory plot-twists made up for it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Emotional abuse, Grief, Gun violence, Murder, and Racism

Moderate: Abandonment, Abortion, Antisemitism, Blood, Child abuse, Dementia, Gun violence, Pedophilia, Pregnancy, Rape, and Sexism