Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Freunde. Für immer. by Kimberly McCreight

8 reviews

maria8w4's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Hate crime, Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, Gun violence, Addiction, Alcohol, Blood, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Domestic abuse, Grief, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Violence

jasmine256's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

The book was lukewarm. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Misogyny, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual harassment, Racism, Homophobia, Emotional abuse, and Sexism

Minor: Cancer, Fatphobia, and Adult/minor relationship

odrib's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Addiction, Drug abuse, Toxic relationship, Drug use, Toxic friendship, Grief, and Violence

Moderate: Homophobia, Infidelity, and Stalking

Minor: Death of parent, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, and Mental illness

booknerdnative's review against another edition

mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence

Minor: Fatphobia

sarah_883's review against another edition

mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Child death, Violence, and Murder

shereadsmysteries's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder, Addiction, Injury/Injury detail, Drug abuse, Suicide, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Grief, Gore, Cursing, Gun violence, Blood, and Classism

Minor: Cancer

foreverinastory's review against another edition

mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

I somewhat hated a lot of these characters, but I also couldn't stop reading this. They were unlikeable but very compelling. I still am surprised by how invested I was with this book.

Friends Like These is a thriller about a group of friends. They're all hiding something and over a weekend in the Catskills things erupt. By the end of the weekend, all the secrets are out and someone else is dead. This doesn't count what happened to Alice all those years ago and the events that lead to Alice's death.

This was well crafted. I enjoyed the short POVs and the way the story unfolds. The timeline jumps from the beginning of the weekend, the end and events from the past. So many of these characters do shitty things, but their motives were understandable and while I didn't like their choices, I got why they made them. Also the ending really surprised me. It was well delivered.

Rep: white cishet male MC, Black cishet female MC, East Asian American gay cis male MC, white cishet female MC, gay male side characters. 

CWs: Murder, drug use and abuse, alcohol consumption, addiction, blood, death, gun violence, mental illness, suicidal thoughts, presumed suicide, violence, stalking, car accident, fire, toxic friendship, injury/injury detail. Moderate: sexual content, emotional abuse/manipulation, misogyny, racism, homophobia/homomisia, sexism, sexual harassment. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Drug abuse, Blood, Violence, Stalking, Alcohol, Death, Gun violence, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Fire/Fire injury, Car accident, Drug use, Addiction, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Homophobia, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Racism, and Sexism

ncoletti's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Blood, Violence, Drug abuse, and Mental illness