Reviews tagging 'Death'

Things We Left Behind by Lucy Score

30 reviews

ecravens's review against another edition

dark emotional funny reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Addiction, Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Child abuse, Death of parent, Death, Grief, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Physical abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Blood, Bullying, Cursing, Gun violence, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Terminal illness

smbrady15's review against another edition

emotional funny inspiring lighthearted mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

I LOVE THESE BOOKS WITH MY WHOLE HEART. THEYRE FUNNY AND THE DRAMA IS THERE SO THE PAGES JUST FLY WHEN YOUR READING. LUCY SCORE IS HONESTLY ONE OF MY FAVOURITE AUTHORS HER WRITING IS TO DIE FOR.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Alcoholism, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Cancer, Domestic abuse, Medical trauma, Gun violence, Child abuse, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Death of parent, Grief, Infertility, Physical abuse, and Violence

rachjaki744's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Death of parent and Death

memoirsofabooklover's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

My most anticipated read/release of the year and it did not disappoint. It was the perfect ending to the series and my new favourite book. I loved the first two books but the tension and torrid-pasts of Lucian and Sloane had been building for 1100 pages or so and I couldn’t wait to delve into their characters. I loved that we got some chapters set in the past (which differs from the previous two books where the mcs didn’t have a past with each other) and as usual, I loved that the chapters flitted between both mcs so you get both of their perspectives. Lucy wrote their backstory perfectly, it was heart-wrenching and felt like a valid enough reason to make them true childhood friends-to enemies-to lovers, but it didn’t make the characters irredeemable. Their history, present, and character growth in this book were incredible to read, would recommend it to everyone. Perfection! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Grief, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, and Sexual content

Moderate: Police brutality, Cursing, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Violence, Cancer, Death, Death of parent, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Terminal illness

Minor: Infertility, Murder, Pregnancy, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Blood

cmab's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful lighthearted relaxing tense medium-paced

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

5.0

My favourite of the three!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Physical abuse, Murder, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Grief, Death of parent, Blood, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Cancer, Terminal illness, and Death

Moderate: Addiction, Infertility, and Gun violence

coffeekitaab's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced

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

5.0

Lucian and Sloane ...and Simon Walton have my heart, ugly cried.  A beautiful story and an easy 5*.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Murder, Police brutality, Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, Abandonment, and Violence

sami_leigh's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟/5
🌶️🌶️🌶️.5/5

It was strange, having a secret with the boy I’d once loved and now sharing it with the man I couldn’t stand.

I should be the one sitting across the table from her. I should be the one taking her home, waking up next to her. Reading what she was reading. Yelling at the evil cat. It should be me in her life.

And for the first time in my life, I felt like the hero instead of the villain.

“Loving you has been a touchstone for more than half my life.”

🌸 First person dual POV
🌸 Enemies to lovers
🌸 Second chance / childhood friends
🌸 Both have secrets & stories behind their mutual hatred
🌸 Representation of working through trauma and anxiety associated growing up in domestic abuse
🌸 Nickname 🥹
🌸 Found family
🌸 Banter 👌🏻
🌸 Tension & spice 🥵
🌸 Small town vibes
🌸 ‘Touch her and I’ll kill you’ vibes 
🌸 He. Falls. HARD.
🌸 Well established secondary characters; Knox & Daisy (Book 1), Waylay (Book 1), Nash & Lina (Book 2), Stef & Jeremiah, Emry, Maeve.
🌸 MC growth; overcoming past trauma, trust, risking a relationships & family, priorities, communication, self worth.
🌸 Epilogue 
🌸 Bonus epilogue 10 years later

Available in audiobook, ebook and paperback.

⚠️ Violence (moderate), gun violence (explicit), death of a parent (past), death, blood (minor), parental abandonment, medical trauma (moderate), cancer (past, not MC), domestic abuse (past).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence and Sexual content

Moderate: Death, Domestic abuse, Medical trauma, Abandonment, Child abuse, Death of parent, and Violence

Minor: Cancer and Blood

worldofv33's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Physical abuse, and Sexual content

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Deadnaming, Pregnancy, Cursing, Grief, and Blood

xomandymoo's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring lighthearted medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Death of parent, Blood, Death, Violence, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, and Alcoholism

beckyremillard's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Gun violence, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Violence, Murder, Sexual content, Death, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail