Reviews tagging 'Alcohol'

The Best of Friends by Lucinda Berry

13 reviews

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

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

bearlynormalursa's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective 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? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Gun violence, Grief, and Alcohol

Moderate: Infidelity, Mental illness, Violence, Blood, and Murder

bavery's review against another edition

challenging dark sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Suicide attempt, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

Minor: Eating disorder

gmm1966's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Mental illness, Self harm, Blood, Grief, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

ariannadanyel's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

5.0

The double twist by Dr. Berry knocks it out of the park AGAIN. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Drug use, and Alcohol

Moderate: Gun violence and Violence

ids100's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Suicide, Grief, and Alcohol

briash13's review

dark emotional 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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol