Reviews tagging 'Toxic relationship'

The Best of Friends by Lucinda Berry

4 reviews

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

katyannreads's review

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

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

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