Reviews tagging 'Stalking'

All Her Little Secrets by Wanda M. Morris

4 reviews

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

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

sarah984's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense 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

3.0

This book was okay: it had some exciting scenes and interesting side characters, but some of the main character's decisions were just unbelievable

(you're a corporate attorney who hates cops and is actively trying to hide a past murder accusation and you don't lawyer up before you go to the police station?? Girl.)

and it got a bit over the top towards the end. Not a bad debut though. I'm looking forward to seeing more from this author.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Dementia, Racism, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Gun violence, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Police brutality, Murder, Rape, and Violence

Minor: Infidelity, Racial slurs, Pregnancy, Stalking, Body shaming, Classism, Confinement, Death of parent, Antisemitism, and Suicide

lilydoyle6's review

challenging 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

4.0

I enjoyed this one. If you liked How to Get Away with Murder with Viola Davis & co you'll love this. A corporate lawyer has secrets in her past that threaten to take everything she's worked so hard for. This is pretty fast paced once it starts going, which I always love in a thriller. It deals with necessary and difficult themes, such as racism, corruption, white terrorism, etc. 

I didn't see a lot of it coming and I'm glad I didn't spend this one trying to figure it out and let it unfold naturally. The author does a great job of blending the past/present together and ultimately showing the importance of embracing your past--even if you might be ashamed of it. Although, I guess if you

murdered somebody in the past, that small detail might need to stay buried, pun intended, for legal reasons

But where we come from shapes who we are and you can't really run away from that no matter how hard you try.

This is a solid debut. I enjoy legal thrillers and it holds more weight when a lawyer is the writer. Morris writes well and I definitely look forward to more books from her. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Violence, Stalking, Murder, Emotional abuse, and Drug use

Moderate: Suicide, Abortion, Infidelity, and Gun violence