Reviews tagging 'Domestic abuse'

The Best of Friends by Lucinda Berry

32 reviews

emmasmidnightlibrary's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Aside from the burying of lgbtq+ characters, I really loved this book. I was truly hooked and simply needed answers more and more. Berry writes a lot of fully developed, complicated characters very well. I'll be reading more from her!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Suicide, Medical content, Grief, and Murder

midnightrose_reads's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

The Best Of Friends is a fantastic domestic thriller by Lucinda Berry! The audiobook is narrated by Amy Rubinate, Tara Sands, and Coleen Marlo.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

cdorfmeyer's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense 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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Murder, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Homophobia and Infidelity

Minor: Mental illness and Suicidal thoughts

noraestelle's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

This book made me feel many things and by the end of it left me feeling numb. I see why Lucinda Berry is talked about so much! I genuinely didn’t like many of the characters, but I still cared to know what happened to them. It’s hard because while I’m a woman I’m not a parent nor do I plan to be one. I can’t even imagine the grief these women went through nor will I know. So it’s hard to judge, but you’re kind of left there wanting to. So many messed up things happen that you’re kind of just like why? You try to pick apart the reasoning. I will say *no offense to anyone* it was giving the energy of over obsessed boy moms at times. Like kind of incestuous, but that might just be my opinion.   

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Grief, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Homophobia

matchamarimo's review

dark mysterious sad 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? It's complicated

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, and Grief

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Homophobia, Infidelity, and Violence

Minor: Eating disorder

czar101's review

challenging emotional sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Domestic abuse, Suicide, and Murder

dinky19818's review

challenging emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Really enjoyed this book. Some hard hitting themes.  Please check the trigger warnings.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse and Suicide

goodjollymissmolly's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse

Moderate: Homophobia

katyannreads's review

3.5

Very emotional story line following 3 families, their sons best friends. The twist at the end genuinely shocked me. However, I do think the audiobook was hard to follow between all storyline and all of the characters. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Homophobia, Suicide, and Toxic relationship

michaelawatkins's review

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Domestic abuse and Physical abuse