Reviews tagging 'Dementia'

All Her Little Secrets by Wanda M. Morris

20 reviews

courtneyelove's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Murder, Racism, Dementia, and Rape

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

miranda_redmond's review

dark emotional mysterious sad medium-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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Murder, Pedophilia, and Racism

Moderate: Alcoholism, Dementia, Police brutality, Abortion, and Physical abuse

andrea_2902's review

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

I can’t believe this was a debut. 
I loved it. 
It was so good. I want to reread it already. 
Couldn’t recommend it enough. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Sexual assault, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Pregnancy, Racism, Xenophobia, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Alcoholism, Death, Abortion, Physical abuse, Rape, Dementia, Hate crime, Gun violence, Misogyny, Murder, Antisemitism, and Child abuse

bootsmom3's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense slow-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? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Racism, Pedophilia, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Dementia, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Child abuse, Cursing, Grief, Antisemitism, Death, Gun violence, Murder, Infidelity, and Misogyny

Minor: Stalking, Racial slurs, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, and Pregnancy

ashleyalyse's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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: Murder, Dementia, Racism, and Suicide

Moderate: Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Violence, and Gun violence

Minor: Death and Death of parent

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

lesbegays's review against another edition

medium-paced

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

2.75

a few days ago my eyes were in a lot of pain but i wanted to read a thriller, so i checked this out as an audiobook from
my library completely at random, not even reading the description. the themes and concepts touched on in here are extremely compelling. i love a good critique of capitalism and exploration of the way race, trauma, and class interact, though (unlike some of the reviews i’ve seen) i actually wish there was MORE and that it went more in depth. 
this didn’t work too well for me as a thriller, tbh. somehow i find it both too slow and too fast paced. it almost felt like there were starts and stops in the tension, and i like more of a slow burn, steady increase in tension, with a lot of access to a character’s psyche. while we got a lot of introspection, the narrative voice still felt pretty distant and ellice never came together as a complete character to me.  i think this is just a case of a concept that is very suited to my taste executed in a way that isn’t. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Murder, Racism, Sexism, Violence, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Abortion, Dementia, Death of parent, Death, and Misogyny

Minor: Sexual violence, Antisemitism, Gun violence, Hate crime, Mass/school shootings, Pregnancy, Grief, Sexual assault, Police brutality, and Rape