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Things We Never Got Over by Lucy Score

36 reviews

lizzie_b99's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted reflective relaxing slow-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

3.75

There some really good laugh-out-loud moments in this novel. I loved Stef and Sloane and their relationship with Naomi. I really enjoyed the development of Waylay/Naomi/Knox's relationships and how they gradually become a family. 

I think there was a lack of character description for Knox. It's pretty clear what Knox loves about Naomi, but I found the reverse rather lacking.

A lot of the focus was on what Knox does for Naomi and how he takes care of her, which is great, but I'm a little concerned that their relationship is based too much on what he can offer her. Given her relationship with her ex, it makes sense that having a partner who is giving and doesn't just take is important, but I would've liked more information on what Naomi likes about Knox as a person, not just what he can offer her (if that makes sense). I just would've liked his character to be a bit more developed beyond how he feels about Naomi and relationships in general.

I also wish that there was more information about Naomi's sister, Tina. The book basically labels her "a bad seed" who hasn't experienced any trauma but goes around destroying everything because it's "fun." I don't think I buy that. Maybe I'm just naive, but I don't think people like Tina just appear out of nowhere. I also would've liked more of an explanation of what exactly Tina had done to get such a bad rap in Knockemout. Why does Knox have such an extreme, negative reaction when he first meets Naomi and believes her to be Tina? what did Tina do to be refused service at the coffee shop? Most of her misdemeanours aren't really explained in as much length as I'd like - especially for such a long novel. I would've liked her to get a redemption arc, but she basically gets represented as a rebellious teen who never grew up.

There were a few sections that I think were unclear and required more editing. Given all the hype on Bookstagram, I'd hoped that I'd like this more, but it was still pretty decent. I had some issues with it (there are a lot of my spicy scene ick words), but it's still a cute novel. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Cursing, Sexual content, and Violence

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Alcohol, Blood, Body shaming, Toxic relationship, Bullying, and Child abuse

Minor: Body shaming, Alcoholism, Infertility, Death of parent, Addiction, and Car accident

lizzye33's review

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective relaxing sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Cursing, Sexual content, Hate crime, and Grief

Moderate: Alcohol, Confinement, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Bullying, Violence, Toxic friendship, Medical content, Kidnapping, and Death

Minor: Sexism, Body shaming, Physical abuse, Gun violence, Drug use, Abandonment, Blood, and Alcoholism

sldibened's review

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Addiction, Alcoholism, Abandonment, Alcohol, Infertility, Kidnapping, Toxic relationship, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Stalking, Cursing, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Emotional abuse, and Violence

kat7794's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted slow-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Toxic relationship, Alcoholism, Bullying, Cursing, Death of parent, Sexual content, and Drug abuse

holliesatchell's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Car accident, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Child abuse, Cursing, Gun violence, Abandonment, Kidnapping, Sexism, Addiction, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Bullying

tabbed_reads2much's review

lighthearted medium-paced

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

2.5

A publicized fanfic by a comp-het, sexually repressed woman.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse

Moderate: Abandonment, Alcohol, Physical abuse, Sexism, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Bullying, Sexual content, Cursing, Fatphobia, Adult/minor relationship, and Toxic relationship

Lots of triggers in this book, and the smut may have been AI generated.

matthewslaura's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful tense fast-paced

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

3.5

Maybe it’s because I have a tendency to put others needs before my own, but I loved how a big part of the story was Naomi learning to accept the fact that she didn’t have to do everything on her own and can rely on others for help. I especially loved how her and Knox’s characters seem like a real life couple with the way they compliment, love, hurt, and help each other… this book was cute and I devoured it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death of parent, Bullying, Abandonment, Alcohol, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Sexual harassment, Medical content, and Toxic relationship

willow_21_05's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective tense medium-paced

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

5.0

THIS BOOK IS AMAZING !!! I love this book so much. There is othing I can fault about this book, it is just amazing and is definately a 5 star read and book all together. I will definately recommend this to people who have read or want to read It starts with us but havent yet. I would say this book definately up there and will be hard to compete with. The writing, the plot just everything about it is just perfect. The characters are all fiesty and sassy but look out for each other and make sure friends and family comes first. I love how we got to see into the future of the characters lives within the epilouge it certainly gives them more depth and meaning to the book. Overall this book was a really good read and im very glad that I read it, I am defiantely going to get the physical copy and annotate the book as it has so many things that I want to remember in it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Addiction, Bullying, Violence, Alcohol, and Kidnapping

abigail_moffat's review against another edition

I just could not get into the book. I found it really boring.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Gun violence, Bullying, and Sexual content

cara_nm's review

slow-paced

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

2.5

I went into this book knowing it would be slightly slow, but I had heard that this author’s writing was supposed to be great. However, it fell extremely flat. 

 There are so many plot holes, as well as points in the book where you think something interesting is going to happen, and it just doesn’t, there is no sense of time or a real plot during it, and the ending felt rushed and drawn out all at the same time. Very underwhelming, and a waste of my time.

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The male character Knox was extremely unlikeable, he wasn’t just grumpy, he was plain cruel. Every time he showed up I felt visibly annoyed, and as soon as the split happened, I was so happy. Until he had to ruin it by showing up like he hadn’t just DUMPED HER A SECOND AGO!! The only time I actually liked him was with Waylay, in fact she and Stef were the only characters in the whole thing who I liked. Personally, I feel like Naomi forgave him way to quickly, and I was audibly screaming at her to just leave him. 
I honestly thought that Naomi should have ended up with Nash, seeing as they had so much chemistry and he was, well you know, NICE to her. 
Knox just gave me the icks the whole time, like who calls someone ‘Baby’ and swears in every other line. 
In addition, Tina just shows up out of nowhere in literally the last 50 pages, and there’s a whole abduction situation that just completely ruins any sense of reality which this brick of a book had built up on. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Sexual content, Cursing, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Death of parent, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Bullying, and Violence

Minor: Infertility, Drug use, Infidelity, Alcohol, Torture, and Child abuse