Reviews tagging 'Police brutality'

Things We Hide From The Light by Lucy Score

33 reviews

raes's review against another edition

lighthearted fast-paced

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Alcohol, Cursing, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Alcoholism, Blood, Gun violence, Dementia, and Kidnapping

Minor: Grief, Hate crime, Murder, Sexism, Pregnancy, Police brutality, Racism, Infertility, Misogyny, and Drug use

dogoodwithbooks's review

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

4.0

CW: PTSD, gun violence, kidnapping, panic attacks, addiction (recounted), violence, domestic abuse, alcoholism (recounted), racism, police brutality, parental abandonment (recounted)

Following the success of Lucy Score's first book in the Knockemout series,  Things We Never Got Over, Things We Hide from the Light focuses on Nash Morgan as he falls for Knox's best friend Lina when she comes into town for work.

I don't know why, but in some ways I think I like Things We Hide from the Light better than Things We Never Got Over even though I gave them both the same rating as well as they are both equally good.

One of the things I really like about Things We Hide from the Light is the improved writing style that Score implements for the second book in the series. There's much more of an improvement in character development and you get to understand more of Nash and Lina's backgrounds as well as how it influences their relationships with others. You also get more honest discussions about mental health and the importance of seeking help, which I really appreciate. Additionally, I think the plot twists have improved since Things We Never Got Over and it balances the conundrum of not seeing it coming while also having it make sense.

Both of them are really good MCs and I enjoyed seeing their relationship unfold on-page (though, I personally wish it's less spicy). I think Score does a great job with focusing on their relationship while also getting some "where are they now" from characters featured in  Things We Never Got Over. 

For those of you looking for a romance novel with small town grit, you are going to like the second book in Score's Knockemout series.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Drug abuse, Police brutality, Abandonment, and Alcoholism

Minor: Domestic abuse and Racism

eriinmaureenn's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring 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

I enjoyed this but not as much as the first one. I do love the thriller aspects of these books, but this book started out SO SLOW and I found it difficult to become invested in the beginning. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence and Death of parent

Moderate: Kidnapping

Minor: Police brutality, Alcoholism, Car accident, and Addiction

mrsalexisrjones's review

emotional hopeful lighthearted relaxing sad medium-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? Yes

4.0

Small town cop x adventurous bounty hunter. This story follows Nash and Lina. It’s a small town romance where people are learning how to let down there walls and really live.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Grief, Gun violence, Police brutality, Addiction, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, and Violence

glutenfreemaggie's review

4.0

The banter in this book was actually hilarious 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Murder, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Racism, Sexism, Violence, Vomit, Car accident, Domestic abuse, Police brutality, Blood, Death of parent, Death, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Pregnancy, Panic attacks/disorders, Gore, Gun violence, and Stalking

sebradley29's review

emotional

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Kidnapping, Cursing, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Alcohol, Death of parent, Mental illness, Blood, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Police brutality, Racism, and Sexism

jaelaheath's review

dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

1.0

I liked Nash and Lina a lot more before I could read their thoughts.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Gun violence, and Violence

Moderate: Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Child death, Car accident, Addiction, Death, Death of parent, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Police brutality, and Drug abuse

Minor: Sexual content, Sexism, Domestic abuse, and Cursing

rebeccamluna's review against another edition

emotional funny tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, Drug use, Violence, Addiction, Gun violence, Drug abuse, Police brutality, Murder, Death of parent, Cursing, Alcohol, and Alcoholism

memoirsofabooklover's review against another edition

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

linnea_tornblom's review

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