Reviews tagging 'Drug abuse'

The Best of Friends by Lucinda Berry

5 reviews

bbethcasas's review

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

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

4.0

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

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

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

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