Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

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

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

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

lgsprout's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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

Tragic, there's mystery of course,  but this is not a thriller,, is just horribly tragic. There were times  I admired each of the lead characters and times I really didn't like them, but honestly, I couldn't get much beyond what they were going through. This is a very compelling story that keeps you turning pages,  but more than anything is completely and horribly tragic.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death

Moderate: Emotional abuse and Physical abuse

klmreads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Suicide, Suicide attempt, 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

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

strawberryninja's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

Another win by Lucinda. I really enjoyed this one. I believe I like her books because they storyline could realistically happen in most instances. I enjoyed the book, but I did get confused at times trying to keep up with three families. I felt like I needed a family tree to keep track. The families were so similar. I did enjoy the pace of the book and it kept my attention. I enjoy Lucinda’s writing style and she doesn’t give a ton of unnecessary details. This book would make an interesting movie where the characters could be viewed and easier to keep track of who’s who. I’d recommend this one to a friend.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Emotional abuse

extraggie's review against another edition

dark emotional 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? Yes

2.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Gun violence

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