Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

The Best of Friends by Lucinda Berry

24 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

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

matchamarimo's review against another edition

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

sare1125's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, and Grief

katyannreads's review against another edition

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

howdyshelby's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence

Minor: Eating disorder

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

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