Reviews tagging 'Toxic relationship'

Ugly Love by Colleen Hoover

243 reviews

olivia_stoney's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Toxic relationship

abbyreadsbigbooks123's review against another edition

1.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Blood, Vomit, Car accident, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

sarinha_lu's review against another edition

emotional sad tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death

Moderate: Toxic relationship

bethy_joy's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Sexual content, Grief, and Car accident

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, and Pregnancy

Minor: Cancer, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Medical content, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

laurelscout's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Death, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Pregnancy, and Gaslighting

gothmiku's review against another edition

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

1.5

This book… it’s not very good… people on booktok are filthy liars, never taking another recommendation from them again. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Incest, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Car accident

Moderate: Alcoholism and Child abuse

Minor: Abortion, Death of parent, Acephobia/Arophobia, Outing, and Sexual harassment

sinilukee's review against another edition

emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• 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: Sexual content and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Child death, Blood, Car accident, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

Minor: Cancer and Death of parent

abbie_lever's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad 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

4.5

The characters in this book are so well developed as the book continues. The main character miles starts off so closed off and distant and it’s hard to really build a connection with him, you begin to think do you like him or hate him, but as the book continues his character unwraps as the author develops the character. The book for sure is a very sad, heart wrenching story and it can hurt to read at times, but the overall theme is hope. And overcoming mental struggles and flaws. I love how the booked ended, hopeful but also honest. It doesn’t give you a fairy tell ending because it’s not picture perfect but it’s perfect enough to be satisfying and beautiful to end on.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Medical trauma, Car accident, and Death of parent

Moderate: Infertility, Sexual content, Grief, and Abortion

cloha's review against another edition

challenging emotional slow-paced

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

1.0

So much of the book was about Rachel yet the turning point where Miles goes and sees her is so anticlimactic. It happens and they cry for a few seconds and suddenly he's fine. And next thing you know him and Tate are good and married and have a whole entire child in the matter of one short chapter because the book needs to end. Tate and Miles relationship was so undeniably toxic. It amazes me that it's romanticized in any way at all. I hate it when female characters are written so one dimensional. As if we can only be attracted to a guy and can't help ourselves when they just want to used us for sex. That is not okay??? Their relationship was not okay, but because their story ended with a bow on it, we are supposed to accept it without even considering the manipulation, the red flags, and believe 100% in the 180 change of the main male character? No ways. Characters are so elementary. Also what guy falls in love with a girl that fast and deep and repeated the girl's name a million times in their head. That relationship seemed to have started with lust too. The thing is the whole thing revolved around the discovery of Mile's past too much. Every other chapter was about Rachel so when it got to the parts with Tate, his love wasn't even remotely palpable. It is so unbelievable. Last thing even though there's more to say- where are the therapists in this book. Like they all need help. Every single character. Except for maybe Ian. It's a shame he is not a more developed character in the story. I think I liked his unproblematic self the best out of them all, next to Cap.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Car accident

Moderate: Mental illness

amelievasilia's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Grief

Moderate: Car accident