Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

Things We Never Got Over by Lucy Score

60 reviews

cutepatzie's review

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad 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

It is a good book with many very good quotes to remember. The plot worse nice and all the characters was loveable but I just wish that the climax point was better made it. For me personally was a lot boring and not shocking or exciting. But other than that it is a good book. I and I will read the next one for sure.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Toxic relationship, Child abuse, and Addiction

Moderate: Sexual assault, Trafficking, Mental illness, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, Death, Addiction, Sexual violence, Gun violence, and Bullying

Minor: Alcohol

earofthedog's review

emotional funny lighthearted tense medium-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Kidnapping, Abandonment, Child abuse, and Gun violence

Moderate: Sexual harassment and Violence

thebookaddict's review

adventurous challenging inspiring mysterious 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? No

4.5

🇳🇱: toen ik aan dit boek begon, had ik er eigenlijk niet zoveel zin in, omdat hij zo dik is. Toen ik eenmaal begonnen was had ik hier totaal geen last van. Het begin verliep in mijn mening wat langdradig en het duurde even voordat ik erin zat, maar toen ik erin zat was het goed. Knox is echt een kan van mijn hart en bevat alles wat ik in een grumpy man zoek. Ook Naomi was geweldig, zij was de typisch sunshine die elke grumpy VS sunshine trope nodig heeft. Hun romance paste ook echt goed bij het verhaal. Het was een slowburn romance, maar dat vond ik juist heel goed bij dit boek passen. Het boek zit buiten spice en romance ook boordevol actie en avontuur, dit zorgde ervoor dat mijn aandacht steeds opnieuw getrokken werd. Al met al een top boek en echt een aanrader (al had hij van mij iets korter gemogen en dan vooral het begin).

🇬🇧: When I started this book, I wasn't really looking forward to it because it's so thick. Once I started, I didn't have any problems with this at all. The beginning was a bit long-winded in my opinion and it took a while to get into it, but once I got into it it was good. Knox is truly my heart and has everything I look for in a grumpy man. Naomi was also great, she was the quintessential sunshine that every grumpy VS sunshine trope needs. Their romance really fit the story well too. It was a slow-burn romance, but I thought that suited this book very well. In addition to spice and romance, the book is also packed with action and adventure, which attracted my attention again and again. All in all, a great book and highly recommended (although I would have liked it to be a little shorter, especially the beginning).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Gun violence, Alcohol, Death of parent, Medical content, Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Blood, Abandonment, Violence, Death, Bullying, Child abuse, Grief, Medical trauma, and Murder

Moderate: Infertility

Minor: Car accident

katharina90's review

emotional lighthearted tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated

2.5

Not particularly convincing or well written, and definitely too long, but it had a certain entertainment factor and a few likeable characters. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment, Toxic relationship, Misogyny, Sexual content, Gun violence, Violence, and Kidnapping

Minor: Body shaming, Child abuse, Death of parent, Addiction, and Domestic abuse

gabi_715's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny tense 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Child abuse, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Gun violence, Violence, and Cursing

Minor: Infertility

ambercunningham's review

emotional funny lighthearted mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Gun violence, Stalking, Abandonment, Confinement, Murder, Emotional abuse, Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

pippamillerxoxo_'s review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Grief, Gun violence, Sexual content, Child abuse, Alcoholism, Blood, Cursing, Death, Kidnapping, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

sbbailey's review against another edition

emotional hopeful lighthearted medium-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

4.25

i didnt like a lot of this book, i found the main characters annoying, there was a lot of unnecessary subplot or plot that i think the author should’ve gone into more detail abt, they didn’t go into trauma as much as they should have imo. it was a mentioned once never said again deal. and i expected a bit more abt the fiance.  but it came back together at the end. i still liked all the side characters better, but some of them were still bitches. very virgin river meets gilmore girls meets season one riverdale

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Abandonment, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Bullying and Addiction

Minor: Infertility

isabelleroyall's review

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad tense 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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Fatphobia, Sexism, Domestic abuse, Car accident, Abandonment, Cursing, Drug abuse, Bullying, Body shaming, Death of parent, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Addiction, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical content, Sexual content, Violence, Grief, and Blood

ms_brie3's review

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted 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? Yes

5.0

Lucy Score is one of my all-time favorites and I’ve been reading her books for years. TWNGO is an incredible addition to a long backlist of excellent work. The characters are so well-written and their development is beautiful while being relatable and often times hilarious. Plus, Knox will always be one of my favorite book boyfriends <3

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Minor: Emotional abuse, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Abandonment, and Drug use

Most of the trigger warnings are in relation to Waylay’s bio-mom who has a substance abuse problem and neglected and abandoned her daughter