Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

Things We Never Got Over by Lucy Score

61 reviews

ms_brie3's review against another edition

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

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

dianaschmidty's review against another edition

dark funny relaxing sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Violence, Kidnapping, Medical content, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Sexual content, and Grief

Minor: Death of parent and Child abuse

michealasharp's review against another edition

emotional funny 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? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse

neliadiedenise's review against another edition

emotional funny tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Abandonment, Cursing, Child abuse, and Death of parent

Moderate: Alcohol, Car accident, Emotional abuse, Alcoholism, Blood, Gaslighting, Grief, Gun violence, Infertility, and Kidnapping

Minor: Infertility

raes's review against another edition

medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Cursing, Alcohol, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

mrsalexisrjones's review

emotional hopeful lighthearted relaxing fast-paced

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

3.0

Small town grumpy x sunshine romance with a found family. This book has some heart warming scenes, as well as spice (spice brings the star count down for me personally but to each their own). It’s a good twin that finds herself fixing her bad twins problems all the time. This time the problem comes with a kid.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Abandonment

Moderate: Alcohol

Minor: Alcoholism, Addiction, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Death of parent, and Domestic abuse

emmaasbokhylla's review against another edition

emotional 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Abandonment, Cursing, Grief, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Violence, and Toxic relationship

mirandacheek's review against another edition

adventurous emotional slow-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

2.0

honestly didn’t even want to finish this book. it has an AMAZING story line but it was SOOOOOO drawn out. i had to force myself to read it. this story could have definitely been told in under 300 pages there was no reason for it to be almost 600 pages. i did really like the story it was just so slow moving. i also had very high expectations that i don’t feel like we’re met. :(

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Child abuse, and Sexual content

Minor: Gun violence and Injury/Injury detail

holliesatchell's review against another edition

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