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One of Our Own

Lucinda Berry

3.88 AVERAGE


Nature vs Nurture. Single-mom Felicia is an attorney by day and a suicide-hotline volunteer by night. One night, she answers a call from a distraught, young girl who’s been drugged and brutally raped and traumatized again by a leaked video of her after the assault. She’s threatening suicide or vengeance against her attacker and those who mock her. Against policy, Felicia gives this frightened girl her cell phone number and begins trying to help her.
challenging dark sad tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
challenging mysterious sad tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
dark mysterious tense fast-paced
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DID NOT FINISH: 0%

Returned to the library. And honestly it was a little dark for this moment in time for me. 
dark emotional sad tense medium-paced
challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

I devoured this book in one sitting. I could not put it down. The darkness that my mind explored while reading this gave me chills. I'm not sure how Lucinda Berry continually takes my beliefs and convictions, and sets them ablaze, but I get a book and emotional hangover every time I finish her books. Knowing I will most definitely read more of her work. Wow. Just heavy, thought-provoking stuff. Definitely listen to the audiobook, great atmosphere.
dark tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

This audiobook was soooooo good! I cannot get over how great the narrator was at bringing this book to life. I had ideas of what the twists were but I was still shook when they actually played out. It was like an iceberg I knew the tip of it but the rest I did not. Such a good book!