Reviews tagging 'Death'

Things We Left Behind by Lucy Score

30 reviews

emmagf's review against another edition

emotional funny sad slow-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

Minor: Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Grief, and Physical abuse

graceev's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Domestic abuse, Murder, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Violence, Cancer, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Pregnancy and Police brutality

jennabeck13's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted slow-paced

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

4.0

Things We Left Behind by Lucy Score 

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (4/5)

Genre: Romance

About 580 pages

In the last book of the Knockemout series, we finally get the story of Sloane and Lucian. For years there has been tension between them, both sexual tension and hatred. But After seeing their friends fall in love over the past few years, they’ve softened up a bit which is how their fighting turns into foreplay. In an effort to prove how wrong they are for each other, they decide to sleep together one time. But that one time didn’t accomplish what they had hoped. Now they are questioning if they can forgive each other for the past and if there is a compromise on what they want for the future.

This was by far my favorite book in the Knockemout series! The primary reason for this is the build-up we got on Lucian and Sloane in books one and two and their long-standing history. I also liked how this book jumped back and forth between the past and present. Score did a fantastic job neatly wrapping up the series in this book!

Favorite Quote: “Sometimes you have to stop waiting for something to happen and start making it happen.”

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Child abuse, Death of parent, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, and Fire/Fire injury

sarahflanders's review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Pregnancy, Murder, Violence, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Terminal illness, Animal death, Child abuse, Sexual content, Grief, and Gun violence

allforevermore's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Police brutality, Death, and Sexual content

Moderate: Death of parent, Physical abuse, Stalking, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Alcoholism, Cancer, Grief, and Murder

Minor: Infertility, Religious bigotry, and Medical content

bergha1998's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful lighthearted sad 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

4.25

Wow, what a great book. I’m a sucker for friends to enemies to lovers, and both Sloane and Lucien were great characters in the last two books. They absolutely brought it as main characters! And for vanilla sex, that shit was spicy! I’m obsessed. 

Dark Romance, Friends to Enemies to Lovers, Lots of Trauma, 3 3/4 🔥

“You can’t just keep putting your emotions in a box with a lid and expecting them to stay there. That’s not what feelings do.”

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Physical abuse, Cancer, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Grief, Gun violence, Alcoholism, Bullying, Death, Terminal illness, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Animal death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Addiction, Blood, Child abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Sexual content

tguccione's review against another edition

emotional funny 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Death, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Grief, Toxic relationship, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, Alcoholism, and Death of parent

Minor: Sexual harassment

kat7794's review against another edition

emotional hopeful lighthearted mysterious 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Grief, Physical abuse, Violence, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Addiction, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Cancer, and Death

andremay's review against another edition

medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Cancer

zoevjester's review against another edition

emotional inspiring 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

I was so excited for Sloane and Lucian's story, with so much tension and back story between then shown in the previous two books, I was so interested to know their past and where their book would go. 
I whole-heartedly believe their story, their romance and their past trauma and trust issues. They both hurt each other and they emotionally have their journey together throughout the book - it's not rushed, it's not forced, it's very layered and detailed and it all makes sense to me. 
Their love story? It went neighbours-childhood friends-bestfriends-enemies-archenemies-nemesis-enemies-neighbours-friends-lovers and it was delicious! 
The only thing that was a let down for me was the main plot thread of Anthony Hugo. I thought it would be more threatening, more tension, more compelling,

but you meet him and then two chapters later it's all wrapped.

I would have enjoyed seeing that thread through for another 100 pages or so, so it felt fleshed out and a solid send off, but that might be just my opinion. 
Overall, really enjoyed this whole series. It's very rereadable and I'll find physical copies down the line. I love the Knockemout trilogy. Well done, Lucy Score. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Sexual content, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Alcohol, Death, Addiction, and Physical abuse

Minor: Gun violence, Murder, Blood, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Cancer, Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, and Medical content