Reviews tagging 'Blood'

The Best of Friends by Lucinda Berry

7 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

bbethcasas's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

5.0

This book started off with a bang, literally, and never let up!  You won’t see the twist coming in this one! 
I LOVE Lucinda Berry! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Blood, Medical trauma, Murder, 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

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

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

booksshereads's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

Right from the beginning, I was hooked and eagerly anticipating what would unfold in the book. The story started with a bang, and I was completely engrossed, eager to uncover the answers to the questions of who did what, why it happened, and where everything went wrong. The tragic accident involving three friends left me with a lot of thoughts, especially considering the complexities between the families. While I was able to make sense of some of the details, there were others that left me shocked. Lucinda Berry has a remarkable talent for keeping her readers engaged, and I devoured the book

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence and Murder

Moderate: Domestic abuse and Blood

amina2002's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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

I thought the beginning was so intriguing and captivating but after that it felt as if the mystery was not an important portion anymore. It was just revolving around the 3 women’s lives which got very annoying after a while. The mystery was very obvious to me by the middle of the book and there was nothing thrilling. I wish this book revolved more around the lives of the kids than the mothers. But overall I was still enjoying what was being revealed about the boys and what ends up happening to the two boys who didn’t die that night. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Suicide, Blood, Grief, Murder, and Alcohol