Reviews with content warning for Blood - Freunde. Für immer.

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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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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dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

I liked this, but not as well as I did "Reconstructing Amelia" or "A Good Marriage". All the characters were so disagreeable that I almost didn't care who did it. However, it was a good and twisty story.

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