A review by spootilious
All Good People Here by Ashley Flowers

medium-paced

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

1.0

 

Read: April 7th, 2023 

Title: All Good People Here 

Author: Ashley Flowers 

Genre: Mystery, Thriller, Fiction, Crime 

Rating: 1/5 

Review: 

I had heard such wonderful things about this book and truly tried to like it. To be honest, however, everything fell flat. The writing style was mediocre at best to begin with and felt forced. It was if the writer was given a paper to write on a subject they didn’t care for and they had to check certain boxes to get an A. Everything was so crammed together and overly complicated that almost nothing made sense while the storyline remained completely predictable. Honestly, I have read high school fan fiction that was better written (with and without the storyline). 

I found the main character to be melodramatic and far too dense. The story was supposed to be about a murder not about how she lost her job (with good reason), or how her parents were not that great (which had nothing to do with the story). 

The murder mystery itself is obviously a play on the Jon Benet Ramsey case which I did not even notice until it was pointed out to me; though this would explain why I felt so slimy reading it. It feels as if someone went to an amateur fan fiction writer with the prompt ‘write a fanfic about this case and make sure ____ did it’. The plot was overly complicated with so many plot holes and unnecessary information that not only do I feel like the author could have done better but the editing/publisher should have done better as well. 

Very rarely do I rate a book this low but honestly, I cannot justify giving it more than 1 star. 

 

Note: This rating was given before I discovered that Ashley Flowers actually had someone else write this for her and has not provided any credit to them. 

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