Reviews with content warning for Gaslighting - Things We Never Got Over

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Things We Never Got Over by Lucy Score

29 reviews

lanaw's review against another edition

dark emotional lighthearted fast-paced

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

1.0

I’m FREE, worst experience of my fucking life.I saw this book all over booktoc and I gotta say am disappointed. Knox is sexist and was constantly talking about her skirts or her boobs and is very emotinally abusive. How does one have the audacity to call Naomi annoying (which she is) and needy and then wont leave her the fuck alone. Like this man throw himself into her life has a fling with her and blurs her lines and makes her think he loves her and then called her HIS LEFTOVER TO HIS BROTHER. His prove for real said ”i was still inside her as i plotted how i was going to end it all" kys like honestly jump of a cliff your a terrible person for leading her on and thinking this while going at it with her oh and lets not forget the fact that he's 40 and freaking peed in his backyard like WHAT.

And then there's Naomi who's whole personally is coffee like girl your 30 or 40 something you don't need to sit there like a child a pout because you want coffee. Naomi just likes toxic men both Knox and whatever the ex's name was are terrible boyfriends this book honestly just romanticizes toxic love. Shes a fucking doormat like she has no brain everyone always need to tell her what to do.

This whole book has no character development and the ending was so rushed like your broke up with her and basically didn't even like her at first you just didn't want your brother to have her and then she gets kidnapped and you suddenly wanna get married? NOTHING and I mean NOTHING has changed wtf .i honestly wish I could go back in time and destroy the manuscript for this book how is this book popular, the most mature person in this whole book with the fucking 11 year old bye this book made me lose so many brain cells.

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jen_reads23's review against another edition

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emotional mysterious medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
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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deltamarie_24's review against another edition

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challenging emotional funny slow-paced

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

3.5

Kept seeing this book being talked about everywhere and finally went for it and bought the whole series when it went on sale. I liked other peoples fan cast which originally made me want to read it. I didn’t hate the book and I enjoyed the writing but it definitely won’t go on my favorites list. It threw me off when I found out the mmc was over 40. I’m used to reading college age stuff because I still identify as a teenager 🥴 (I’m 30) so it kind of put me off a little bit with him being so old 🤣 (no offense) but I was like I’m going to give it a chance because I’m older now. That being said….

I loved the story line with Tina being the troubled twin and Naomi staying to take care of Waylay (what an odd name) the niece she didn’t know she had. That story line was perfect in my opinion it would have been much better with just that. Without the romance part because Knox sucked. He’s a 40 year old man who acts like a child. He seemed so hateful to her for no reason. He just wasn’t that lovable like some of the other characters. And then she told him the story about Warner being a dick while drunk and then he goes and basically acts just like him minus the abuse because he’s drunk when he’s the one who ended it. That whole scene rubbed me the wrong way. I did like Knox at certain parts but not enough to really make me love the book. I think I’d much rather have Naomi with Nash instead. Or just Naomi learning on her own how to be a mother to Waylay.

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nicksalex's review against another edition

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challenging medium-paced

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

2.5

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annabananadel's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful 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

“At some point, you have got to stop worrying so much about what everyone else needs and start thinking about what you need.”

I love grumpy x sunshine trope. There, I said it. It’s one of my favorites, okay? I love it when the grumpy guy just opens up and be less grumpy. And that’s what this book delivered - the perfect grumpy x sunshine trope.

To be honest, I really had so much fun reading this especially since it’s also a small town setting. You’ll not only fall in love with the main character but you’ll fall more in love due to the other side characters. It's the perfect cast of characters because I don't hate anybody, well, okay, maybe Tina (but she actually has an amazing attitude that is perfectly her).

Story-wise, it's great! With the

gun scene

the only exception. I breezed thru with it (if only I had it with me the whole time - see backstory of my experience below). I genuinely enjoyed reading this book contrary to what my friend's review is. Must be all the tropes included that appealed to me.

Backstory of my experience: I was halfway thru the book before I had to donate it to my best friend so she can busy herself with her trip to the hospital. So I had to re-read a few chapters to remember it again since it’s been almost a month since my last read. Good thing I annotate so I quickly got back to what the story was about.

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