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One of Our Own

Lucinda Berry

3.88 AVERAGE


Felicia is a lawyer who volunteers at her local suicide hotline call center. One night she gets a call from a teenage girl who has been through something traumatic. During her call she learns the girl has access to a gun and is considering turning it on herself and possibly others. Felicia also learns the girl is a student at the same private high school her son attends. As the girl scrambles to end the call, Felicia feels compelled to help her so she goes against her training and gives out her personal number. The girl begins calling and texting Felicia from private numbers and shares more and more about the traumatic event that led her to contemplate ending her life. Felicia wants nothing more than to help the girl and uncover the truth.

Man… Lucinda Berry sure knows how to rip your heart out and stomp on it. This was a great audiobook! I am a huge fan of Criminal Minds so I loved listening to the narration by AJ Cook.
fast-paced

Can’t rate - too many mixed emotions 
Nature vs nurture 

3.5⭐️ a good audiobook, had me entertained throughout

AJ Cook narrating this book was chefs kiss
challenging dark emotional fast-paced
Diverse cast of characters: No

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mysterious fast-paced

Fairly predictable. Author definitely knows how to get at a parent's worst fears
dark mysterious sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
challenging emotional fast-paced

Credit where credit is due, the narration was great! Unfortunately, other than that, nothing stood out as extraordinary to me. It was a predictable conclusion (to me). Some of Felicia's thoughts and comments about the girls Hunter dates seemed to be the opposite of how she presented herself and her thoughts. I don't listen to books often, but I find that editing errors stand out more in them, so it was unfortunate when the word "negging" was used instead of "nagging" when describing what Felicia was doing to Hunter about his chores...