Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

All the Missing Pieces by Catherine Cowles

10 reviews

readwith_joy's review

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious tense 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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence

Moderate: Kidnapping and Murder

casailla_library's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny inspiring mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

hjb_128's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Violence, Medical content, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death, Gun violence, Blood, Kidnapping, and Murder

Minor: Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

ajcs217's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious fast-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Kidnapping, and Grief

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Cursing, Gun violence, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual assault, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

brittinyh3711's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense fast-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? No

5.0

I never would have figured out who did it. The ending had me in tears. Can't wait for the next book

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Gun violence, Infidelity, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

jacque5's review

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child death, Gun violence, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

annegirl_27's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Kidnapping

Moderate: Gun violence, Violence, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Drug use, Rape, Torture, and Stalking

sarahhgrayy's review

dark emotional funny mysterious 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Gun violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual assault, Torture, Stalking, and Death of parent

emsappho's review against another edition

lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

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

3.5

This was a fun and engaging story following a murder mystery podcaster and the hot/troubled town sheriff who falls for her. Catherine Cowles has her perfected formula of spitfire heroines, their protective heroes, and just enough plot twists and "who done its" to make for an entertaining read. I'll eat it up every time. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Violence and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Gun violence, Torture, Medical content, Kidnapping, and Murder

ariannaisbooked's review

emotional mysterious 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? No

5.0

 

I am absolutely blown away by Catherine Cowles yet again! Her writing style is the perfect mashup of romance and suspense that keeps me on edge the whole time, especially when I'm trying to guess whodunnit. 

 

All the Missing Pieces is my first book & first favorite of 2025! Ridley was so tenacious and free spirited and she was the perfect match for Colt. He was so protective and commanding, but always coming from a place of love even though it comes across overbearing many times. I sincerely loved the amount of animals in the book, pets for everybody! 

 

This story was so incredibly emotional yet balanced with enough fun little moments between all the characters. I couldn’t have imagined a better ending for this book and how perfectly everything wrapped up! 

 

I love this book so dang much and I’ll never stop shouting praise for it! 

 

Thank you to Catherine Cowles, Sourcebooks Casablanca, and NetGalley for sending me an early copy! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping

Moderate: Death

Minor: Gun violence

The book follows the story of a podcaster trying to find her sister's kidnapper who has also hurt other young women as well. She spends a good portion of the book with the first victim, who now suffers agoraphobia after her trauma. The death isn't explicitly described, but mentioned quite often through the lens of grief, especially with the main character referencing her twin sister & their family's reactions afterwards. The gun violence occurs in a single scene at the end of the book

but nobody is actually harmed by the gun violence.