Reviews tagging 'Addiction'

It Ends with Us by Colleen Hoover

44 reviews

neelalindaa's review

dark fast-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

0.25

I have never read a book so bad.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Addiction, and Emotional abuse

paigeinabook's review

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring relaxing sad 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

4.75

As someone who knew most of what I was getting into, I still came away very surprised by it all! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Excrement, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Death, Addiction, Cursing, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Grief, Medical content, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Vomit

divargasd's review

emotional reflective sad medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, and Violence

Moderate: Abandonment

Minor: Addiction

clareasday's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad tense fast-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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Domestic abuse, Blood, Rape, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Gun violence, Grief, Medical content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Sexual violence, Violence, Abandonment, Addiction, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Stalking, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Vomit, Suicide attempt, and Toxic relationship

courtreads1010's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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

Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Body horror, Violence, Toxic relationship, and Suicide attempt

blue_789's review

emotional sad fast-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? It's complicated

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, Violence, and Sexual content

Moderate: Addiction

Minor: Vomit

ksamaine95's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-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

3.0

I was extremely disappointed with this story. It 97% felt like romanticizing abuse.  Once again, I followed the hype and felt that maybe my feelings were because I'm not the target audience. Or do I know too much? I am unsure how this is one of the more popular colleen hoover books. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Misogyny, Medical content, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Blood, Gaslighting, Addiction, Bullying, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, and Physical abuse

katleyn16's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Addiction, Alcohol, and Blood

missgray's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Violence, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Cursing, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Physical abuse, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

rmsmoonchild's review

challenging dark tense fast-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death of parent, Alcoholism, Addiction, Cursing, Grief, Suicidal thoughts, Death, and Toxic relationship