Reviews tagging 'Chronic illness'

By a Thread by Lucy Score

5 reviews

etdavenport's review

lighthearted medium-paced

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

2.5

characters are old af 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Sexual assault, Cursing, Sexual harassment, Dementia, Chronic illness, and Abandonment

bergha1998's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective sad 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

4.0

Wow, so dang cute but also so dang sad. Check the TWs for this one because there is a lot on infinity, sexual assault and harassment, and just general trauma. I loved the banter between Ally and Dominic. Though I will admit the 3rd act break up was dumb af. The side characters were all a blast. A fun read overall. 

Office Romance, Enemies to Lovers, Insta Lust, 3 1/2 🔥

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Dementia, Gaslighting, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Bullying, Chronic illness, Grief, and Infidelity

Moderate: Rape and Violence

dwinn5's review

emotional funny tense medium-paced

I have to say, I was pretty disappointed by this book. It was hard for me to like Dominic right from the beginning (I can’t stand people who are rude to servers) and it basically never got better. I felt bad for him and I understood his trauma, but he never learned the lesson that every other character was literally screaming at him the entire book: you can’t use your trauma as an excuse to treat other people terribly.

He’s manipulative and controlling even when he’s supposed to be winning her back and he never listens to her. She spends the whole book telling him that she doesn’t want his money and it’s very clear that she wants emotional support, so what does he do? Throws money at every problem (despite her explicitly telling him not to), ices her out at every chance he gets, and makes decisions for her like some kind of patronizing a-hole.

I like Ally and I genuinely think she deserves better, I basically wasn’t rooting for them at all by the end. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Infidelity, Cursing, Terminal illness, Death of parent, Sexual violence, Classism, and Chronic illness

acupofjoreading's review

3.5

I love Lucy Score's writing and books in general, but I had to fight through some of the parts of this book. I feel like most of the issues were wrapped up really quickly and didn't really see growth as a result. Love Dom he's just a pretty, rich boy with Daddy issues who's a simp for Ally and, honestly, it's what she deserves. Check tws and cws! 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Chronic illness, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, and Infidelity

kiandra_polglaze's review

emotional funny lighthearted slow-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Dementia, and Chronic illness

Moderate: Sexual harassment