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allforevermore's review against another edition
- 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
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
- 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
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.”
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
- 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
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
sdupont's review against another edition
- 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
4.75
Graphic: Gun violence, Violence, Domestic abuse, and Child abuse
Moderate: Grief, Alcoholism, and Death of parent
Minor: Cancer, Murder, Pregnancy, Infertility, and Blood
redempta's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Violence, Alcoholism, and Child abuse
Moderate: Death of parent, Terminal illness, and Cancer
Minor: Murder
hannahbelle_reads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Just kidding, however I knew that this Things We Left Behind would be my favorite out of the Knockemout books before I even finished Chapter 1. I am really drawn to FMCs that go through what Sloan, her mother, and her sister go through in Chapter 1 because I lived it back in 2021. I bawled like a baby, and the emotions did not stop there. I felt so many emotions during this entire book. There is history and there are secrets. There are broken promises and grudges. Yet, there is love and provisions, even when one may think otherwise.
I loved how the author peeled back Lucifer’s, I mean Lucian’s, layers throughout the book to reveal such a compelling character, and I relate to Sloan more than any other of the FMCs in the series. I mean this quote alone is just something that would come out of my mouth “He was tall, dark, and evil. I was short, fair, and awesome.”💁🏾♀️
Lucy Score is an auto-buy author for me because of the depth of relationships she builds among her characters, and while I was expecting the regulars from the previous books, I was still pleasantly surprised by how she interweaved additional characters, and so many beautiful stories while keeping the focus on Lucian and Sloan as so many of us were looking forward to.
I know that domestic violence and abuse are topics that are hard to discuss, but I appreciate that awareness was brought to not only the physical effects but mental and inter-relational impacts as well.
Favorite Quotes
“All for you. Always”
“It was funny how I needed to remind myself to do something as automatic as breathing. Grief had a way of infiltrating everything, even when you were prepared for it.”
“Hope. Some of us didn’t get the luxury of hope. Some of us weren’t worthy of it.”
“Take care of my girls.”
TW: Domestic Violence and Abuse
Ps. I knew that man was dirty since last book
Graphic: Domestic abuse and Violence
nightgoesblack's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Violence, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Sexual content, and Child abuse
Moderate: Grief
Minor: Alcoholism, Death of parent, and Cancer
kat7794's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Sexual content, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Grief, Physical abuse, Violence, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Addiction, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Cancer, and Death
soniajoy98's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
Graphic: Grief, Sexual content, Violence, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Alcohol, Child abuse, and Cursing
Moderate: Forced institutionalization, Injury/Injury detail, Police brutality, Sexual harassment, Gun violence, and Murder
Minor: Alcoholism, Animal death, Stalking, Fire/Fire injury, and Infertility
inkiereads's review against another edition
- 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
I voluntarily read an advanced review copy of this book
Graphic: Violence, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, and Grief
Moderate: Gun violence and Death of parent