Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Things We Hide From The Light by Lucy Score

54 reviews

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

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

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

laurenstover's review

adventurous 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence and Kidnapping

Minor: Alcoholism and Death of parent

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

Moderate: Alcoholism, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

Minor: Infertility

bailsoutbooks's review

emotional hopeful tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders and Sexual content

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Grief, and Death of parent

kenziewol's review

emotional funny lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Sexual content, and Violence

Moderate: Kidnapping

Minor: Alcoholism, Police brutality, Death of parent, and Alcohol

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

kaylahcc's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful slow-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Sexual content, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Chronic illness and Sexual harassment

Minor: Car accident and Death of parent

thisreadingcorner's review against another edition

funny lighthearted 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

3.0

I obviously expected copaganda with Nash’s role as sheriff, but it was quite heavy handed and the author’s positionality showed when Nash objected to Dilton pulling over an innocent Black couple but described them by their degrees and positions (as though the fact that they’re successful/accomplished/wealthy makes them less deserving of police harassment than “regular” Black people). Cop stuff aside, the length of the book makes it impossible for it not to be repetitive. No romance needs this many pages, murder plot or no murder plot. I’m torn because this wasn’t great but Lucian and Sloane are interesting enough that I feel curious enough to come back for the third book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders and Sexual content

Moderate: Gun violence

Minor: Death of parent

graceev's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad tense medium-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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gun violence, Violence, and Kidnapping

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Hate crime, Infertility, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Infertility is only mention in the epilogue