Reviews tagging 'Toxic relationship'

November 9 by Colleen Hoover

56 reviews

l_myers's review

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

1.0

I have heard so much hype and good things about colleen Hoover and have yet to read a book by her that lives up to those things. Ben is possibly one of the worst book boyfriends I have ever read. He is overall creepy and just did not seem to change. I did however appreciate Fallon after everything. She seemed to be the only real character I could like and kept me from DNF-ing. Sort of a waste of time. I might try one more of her books in hopes of finding something good.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Grief, and Suicide

Moderate: Toxic relationship

mutedecho's review

fast-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Suicide, Death of parent, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Death and Body shaming

Minor: Pregnancy

jokehelldo's review

-1000000/5 stars. Please, delete this book.

Are you trying to tell me that the book about
*Cough*
Abuse, sexual assault, gaslighting, stalking, scar (that are you falt) fetishizing, dead-brother-wife-who-you-see-as-your-sister fucking, marking people who attend suicide as „attention seekers” and much, much more shit is a „romance book”? 
You must be joking

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Stalking, Body shaming, Toxic relationship, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, and Physical abuse

bluebellvine's review

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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, Misogyny, Violence, Racism, and Sexism

claranasman02's review

adventurous challenging emotional funny sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Death, Blood, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Cancer, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, and Car accident

Minor: Car accident and Cursing

milenasbooknook's review

reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No

I can’t decide how to rate this book.

Originally I was going to give it a pretty low rating. I’m not a fan of the insta-love trope, and this book leaned into that way more than I expected. Also the relationship between the two main characters made me a little uncomfortable more than once and a skipped through a few parts (the insta-love really did not help here).

I will say, however, that the last hundred or so pages partially redeemed the book for me. The plot twist was so unexpected, and I was sucked in once I got to the sixth November (iykyk). I won’t spoil the book, so I will just say that I found the ending really gripping and thought-provoking.

Overall, I am still trying to decide how I feel about this book. I do think, though, that Colleen Hoover books just might not be my thing :)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Body shaming, Suicide, Medical content, Toxic relationship, and Sexual content

Minor: Cancer and Alcohol

lacowie's review

challenging emotional sad fast-paced

• 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

2.75

Plot twist was unnecessary and reduced the credibility of the story. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Suicide

Moderate: Toxic relationship

kyrstin_p1989's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful sad tense fast-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

4.5

I really like this one. The plot is crazy yet believable. It was sentimental, sad, funny, and romantic all in one. I loved that the protagonist is a reader and all the bookish references. Very sweet and tender with a great ending. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Toxic relationship, Terminal illness, Pregnancy, Panic attacks/disorders, Car accident, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Cancer, Suicide, Sexual content, Body shaming, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, and Violence

mel_s_bookshelf's review

sad fast-paced

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

1.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Suicide, Death, Sexual content, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Body shaming, Sexual assault, and Pregnancy

Minor: Violence and Terminal illness

bethy_joy's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring sad fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, and Sexual content

Moderate: Suicide, Toxic relationship, Death, and Car accident

Minor: Body shaming, Alcohol, Chronic illness, Cursing, Physical abuse, Cancer, Vomit, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, and Pregnancy