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emotional
reflective
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child death, Death, Sexual content, Car accident
Minor: Incest
emotional
funny
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
read it till 5 am
this book tore my heart into pieces and put it back together
this book tore my heart into pieces and put it back together
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child death, Cursing, Death, Sexual content, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Pregnancy
Minor: Incest, Medical content
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content, Toxic relationship
Moderate: Death, Incest, Grief
medium-paced
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child death, Incest, Grief, Car accident, Pregnancy
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
reflective
sad
tense
fast-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
Fucking brilliant the mixed povs really have a good perspective on how they must feel and it was so beautifully written actually made me sob
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Pregnancy
Moderate: Child death, Death, Toxic relationship, Car accident, Death of parent
Minor: Chronic illness, Cursing, Incest, Death of parent
Not really incest but it low-key is but isn’t
challenging
emotional
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
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child death, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Incest, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Grief, Car accident, Pregnancy
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
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
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child death, Death, Sexual content, Grief, Car accident
Moderate: Incest, Toxic relationship, Pregnancy
Minor: Cancer
dark
emotional
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This was not what I was expecting. I picked up this book as a “BookTok” recommendation. I was really excited to start this and let me just say: BOOKTOK LEFT OUT A PRETTY BIG DETAIL.
Colleen Hoover is raved about constantly and continuously praised for her work. Although the ending was satisfying, I have a few gripes about this one. Tate is constantly talking about being an independent woman who’s super busy and devoted to her career, but without Miles she has no other personality traits. She didn’t develop as a character at all and reading a female character actively say she’s going to ignore red flags was annoying.
Miles is insufferable. His “love” with Rachel is just straight up infatuation and the way his point of view was written drives me insane. I understand what Hoover was doing and that this was his “poetry” in a way, but I just found him annoying. It was supposed to be sweet and romantic, but <spoiler alert> it can’t be that when they’re step siblings <spoiler alert>. Now, I understand they met before they knew their parents were together but, they still actively pursued that. Them being step siblings was a completely unnecessary plot device that was just being used for drama. I think the tragedy that happened to Miles and Rachel would have been enough without them being step siblings.
Overall, by the time I got to the darkest part of the book, I needed to finish it. A lot of this book just feels like filler and it’s way too small to need filler. I didn’t care for the main characters. The miscommunication trope is the worst and if a man ever called me another woman’s name during the ~*dirty*~, he would be gone. He would never see me again. This was just ridiculous.
Colleen Hoover is raved about constantly and continuously praised for her work. Although the ending was satisfying, I have a few gripes about this one. Tate is constantly talking about being an independent woman who’s super busy and devoted to her career, but without Miles she has no other personality traits. She didn’t develop as a character at all and reading a female character actively say she’s going to ignore red flags was annoying.
Miles is insufferable. His “love” with Rachel is just straight up infatuation and the way his point of view was written drives me insane. I understand what Hoover was doing and that this was his “poetry” in a way, but I just found him annoying. It was supposed to be sweet and romantic, but <spoiler alert> it can’t be that when they’re step siblings <spoiler alert>. Now, I understand they met before they knew their parents were together but, they still actively pursued that. Them being step siblings was a completely unnecessary plot device that was just being used for drama. I think the tragedy that happened to Miles and Rachel would have been enough without them being step siblings.
Overall, by the time I got to the darkest part of the book, I needed to finish it. A lot of this book just feels like filler and it’s way too small to need filler. I didn’t care for the main characters. The miscommunication trope is the worst and if a man ever called me another woman’s name during the ~*dirty*~, he would be gone. He would never see me again. This was just ridiculous.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child death, Incest, Car accident
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Incest, Sexual content
Minor: Child death
emotional
hopeful
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
this book was a hell of ride.
i think miles part of the book was done really well and i enjoyed reading that part. Miles was a complex, interesting character and i didn't really like him as a character but nevertheless i thought he was interesting and written well.
Tate was alright, I don't really have much to say about her. I think she deserved better but she should've listened to Miles when he told her to never ask about his past and never expect a future.
Cap was probably my favorite, he was a nice break from the dramaticness of the book and i thought he was funny and made the book worth reading.
Admittedly, I did cry multiple times which meant it had a good emotional factor as i usually dont cry much throughout reading books so I think Hoover wrote emotive language really well.
This book may be triggering so be mindful of this while going into this book
Overall, the book wasn't bad it just wasn't my favorite thing and it probably could have been improved.
i think miles part of the book was done really well and i enjoyed reading that part. Miles was a complex, interesting character and i didn't really like him as a character but nevertheless i thought he was interesting and written well.
Tate was alright, I don't really have much to say about her. I think she deserved better but she should've listened to Miles when he told her to never ask about his past and never expect a future.
Cap was probably my favorite, he was a nice break from the dramaticness of the book and i thought he was funny and made the book worth reading.
Admittedly, I did cry multiple times which meant it had a good emotional factor as i usually dont cry much throughout reading books so I think Hoover wrote emotive language really well.
This book may be triggering so be mindful of this while going into this book
Overall, the book wasn't bad it just wasn't my favorite thing and it probably could have been improved.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child death, Sexual content, Car accident
Moderate: Incest