Reviews tagging 'Homophobia'

The Best of Friends by Lucinda Berry

12 reviews

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

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

mramos09's review

dark emotional 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Suicide, and Murder

scumlow's review against another edition

emotional mysterious sad slow-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

3.5

not the semi ridiculous desperate housewives esque murder mystery drama i thought it would be. instead this was a lot more grounded in reality, and a lot more fucking depressing. probably better, then, than what i was expecting. but yeah, i don’t know, this made me really sad.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Child death, Death, Gun violence, and Homophobia

Minor: Drug use and Alcohol

shyleek's review against another edition

sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

This wasn't my favorite. I had the ending figured out before the big reveal so it was kind of a let down. I like to be surprised. 

The characters were all cookie cutter versions of each other.... I had to keep going back to the beginning of chapters to figure out who was narrating because the only difference was the kids and the type of abuse or manipulation their husband was dishing out. 

It's a very sad story without a long list of triggers so I'd look into those before reading. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Gun violence, Murder, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Domestic abuse and Homophobia

queerbookworm's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

This book was very difficult to get through. Major trigger warning for anyone interested in reading. I included all the triggers I could think of but it's possible I forgot some. But that's the author's goal so I can't really fault her. If you think you're mentally prepared for this, I 100% recommend this book. If you aren't, I would tell you to read something else.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Suicide attempt, and Alcohol

Moderate: Drug use, Homophobia, Infidelity, Medical content, and Gaslighting

Minor: Cancer, Panic attacks/disorders, and Racial slurs

gillygumble's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• 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: Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, and Suicide

Moderate: Homophobia