Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Things We Hide From The Light by Lucy Score

38 reviews

ajademaryj's review

emotional funny lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

Graphic: Sexual content, Panic attacks/disorders, Gun violence, and Blood

Moderate: Kidnapping and Mental illness

memoirsofabooklover's review

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad tense 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

Another amazing book from Lucy. Good guy x bad girl and found family. This book was the perfect pairing to the first in the Knockemout series. I loved how this book built and expanded upon the world Lucy built in Things We Never Got Over. This one focuses on allowing yourself to be vulnerable and realising that it doesn’t have to be seen as a weakness to share this with others and can actually make you stronger. About bringing yourself back from the depths of darkness. I loved that it followed the same formula as the first, set in the same world, building on the characters and the crime sub-plot continued and linked to the original but was still unique, with different mcs, tropes, and themes. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness and Sexual content

Moderate: Death, Medical trauma, Panic attacks/disorders, Addiction, Cursing, Death of parent, Kidnapping, Police brutality, Sexism, Violence, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual harassment, and Stalking

Minor: Grief, Pregnancy, Blood, Gun violence, Infertility, Physical abuse, Car accident, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, and Racism

beckyremillard's review

emotional funny hopeful 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Blood, Death of parent, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Death

linnea_tornblom's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective 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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Police brutality, Panic attacks/disorders, Gun violence, Sexual content, Kidnapping, Sexual assault, Violence, Mental illness, Hate crime, and Blood

Moderate: Pregnancy, Death of parent, and Alcoholism

Minor: Infertility

dms3899's review

dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence

Moderate: Addiction, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Kidnapping, and Grief

Minor: Child abuse, Infertility, Police brutality, Car accident, and Blood

ecravens's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful tense fast-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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Blood, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Violence, Abandonment, Addiction, Police brutality, Alcohol, Child abuse, Cursing, Grief, Gun violence, Sexual content, and Sexual harassment

sarah_thebooknerd's review against another edition

challenging emotional medium-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? It's complicated

2.0

Let me preface this review by saying I own almost ever single one of Lucy Scores books and consider myself a fan but this book has really frustrated me and I want to lay out my issues with it. 

below!!

1. The FMC being the all mighty savior for the MMC. So Nash is healing from a gun wound and losing his memory of the shooting. He has depression and anxiety- panic attacks and every-time he is near her, the world is better and he feels like she is fixing him. I hate this trope or plot in books because that’s not romantic it’s enabling. Also it’s so frustrating to continue to see poor MH rep in books where the depression is magically cured through love. No- that is not at all how it works, please stop 🛑 with this kind of rhetoric. 

1. The MMC is a cop with all of his unstable MH and in current affairs with cops in America please don’t do this. I know Lucy knows the state of it because it’s brought into this book with another cop acting racist and abusing his power over a Black couple. 

1. This leads into my next issue- the fact that we see a good cop and bad cop often in cop romance books. But when you really break down the “good cop” they are also engaging in similar behaviors.  

There is a cop mentioned about that is abusing his power, physically harming others/ threatening people. But Nash does this with Lina. He threatens to arrest her while she is in a towel. He pulls her over and throws a fit. And then gives her a speeding ticket. He is also having panic attacks in hallways and public places but still continues to stay on the job. 

1. The friend Sloan calling a person in the book a fat blob. Can we please I beg stop dehumanizing fat bodies. Even if they are “bad” it’s just not necessary. It feeds into hatred and shaming of fat bodies. 

1. These characters are in their 30s and sometimes some of their actions are like teenagers. I mean I’m cool with 30 years olds being goofy and silly but some of this was just downright childish. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Mental illness, Blood, Gun violence, Violence, Panic attacks/disorders, and Sexual content

Minor: Addiction and Alcoholism

pageafter_paige's review against another edition

emotional 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

Loved this book! I don’t mind it being dragged out and I think the slow burn is just so nice. I lowkey might prefer Nash over Knox?? Idk but I definitely did like Naomi better than Lina. Angelina is great and all but she was a grump sometimes (relatable though). Piper stole my head immediately and I loved getting to know not just Knox and Lina, but the whole squad more! Give me Sloan and Lucian NOW

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Blood, Car accident, Gun violence, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Kidnapping, Cursing, Death of parent, Mental illness, and Chronic illness

emilyfrenchie's review

dark emotional funny hopeful 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Mental illness, Blood, Panic attacks/disorders, and Sexual content

Minor: Medical trauma, Sexual harassment, Gun violence, Addiction, and Kidnapping

kimwalton83's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious tense 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Grief, Blood, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Injury/Injury detail, Death, and Gun violence

Moderate: Alcoholism, Death of parent, Car accident, and Cursing

Minor: Domestic abuse and Drug abuse