Reviews tagging 'Death'

A Welcome Reunion: A Short Story by Lucinda Berry

9 reviews

wytherwytch's review

dark emotional tense fast-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? Yes

4.0

A good fast paced read. Leaves you wanting more. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Mental illness, Violence, Emotional abuse, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Grief, Gore, and Murder

Moderate: Blood

Minor: Bullying and Rape

toofondofbooks_'s review

fast-paced

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

2.5

As a follow up to The Perfect Child, this is kind of...underwhelming. I think that if it were a full length book it could be incredible but as an ending to the story I feel let down.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Body horror, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Death, Blood, Confinement, Gore, Grief, and Murder

Moderate: Addiction and Drug abuse

Minor: Pregnancy

sarah_j90's review

dark slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

1.5

A nice little round up and ending to a perfect child but not much drama and definitely don't need to read it after a perfect child, in fact I'd go as far as to say don't bother reading it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Murder, Gaslighting, and Death

chronicallyplotting's review

dark mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

5.0

This was definitely the sequel to The Perfect Child I have been waiting for! The book that proves some people never change… or do they. 
The perfect way to answer some questions The Perfect Child left us with. My one wish is that it was longer. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Murder, Alcohol, Death, and Stalking

emma4klaus's review

dark medium-paced

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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Mental illness, Death of parent, and Death

Minor: Torture and Child abuse

pippamillerxoxo_'s review

challenging dark emotional reflective tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gore, Mental illness, Confinement, Death, Grief, Torture, Violence, Abandonment, Blood, Murder, Rape, Self harm, Bullying, Child abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Physical abuse

katyannreads's review

dark

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Child abuse, and Death

katebrownreads's review

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Blood, Child abuse, Death, Gaslighting, and Mental illness

onemorepagecrew's review

4.0

A Welcome Reunion by Lucinda Berry is the follow-up to The Perfect Child (a 5 star for me) and reads like an extended epilogue on one of the most unnerving characters I’ve read about, Janie. Definitely do not read this unless you have read the first book – but do read them both if you like psychological thrillers that veer into disturbing waters. 

 

Bottom line – this was super bingeable at 82 pages – and it was great to read with friends who were just as excited it came out.  We each felt a little differently about it which made the group chat even more fun. For me, I was sucked back into the characters so quickly and loved that.  The ending was not my favorite, and I could have used about 50 more pages to develop a few things, but that wasn’t the vibe.  It was a quick and dirty conclusion to the story that left me on edge last year.  If you read this DM me so we can chat! 

 

Content warnings: death, emotional abuse, physical abuse 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Murder, Emotional abuse, and Death