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Ugly Love by Colleen Hoover

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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

1.0

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dark 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

This book genuinely broke me.
Miles backstory was so emotional and the contrast between his behaviour in the past with Rachel and his attitude in the present with Tate is so clear that you could tell he had lived through something extremely traumatic. I don't condone the way that Miles treated Tate, with so much much disrespect, but I am aware of the complexities of his character and situation and so I am sorry to say that I am a Miles apologist. I thought his ending was very satisfying and the closure he got was important to his character development and his relationship with Tate.

The fact that throughout the flashbacks with Rachel his thoughts were written in a poetic structure, which then disappears when he loses his child, and then in the final chapters written from his perspective, when his relationship with Tate is salvaged, this poetic structure returns and the reader is reassured that what he feels for Tate is just as strong as, if not stronger, than what he felt for Rachel. That made me feel a lot more secure to be honest.

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3.0

Not my favorite Colleen Hoover book but it was still decent. It was a fun read at first but as you think a little more the more you realize it wasn’t as great as you think. I just feel like the character traits and growth was inconsistent and that really messed with the plot. For example, (no spoilers don’t worry) Miles, one of the main characters used grief and panic as an excuse for many many things that shouldn’t have an excuse. Grief is very prominent in this book but other characters simply forgave and moved on. It was never addressed as how badly certain actions hurt others or how people and actions/things needed to change. And this book would have been liked more if that had changed. Other than that I like the two main characters relationship towards the end. But in the beginning again, their relationship felt uncomfortable. Like somehow manipulation or gaslighting was involved, even though it was never directly stated or somewhat brought up. Maybe it was just me that felt uncomfortable by parts of their relationship, but I didn’t like many parts of it which made my liking for the book go down. It wasn’t a horrible book, just don’t one of my favorites.

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challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

This is my new favourite book.
Everything made sense, the ending was just perfect and you could really experience the growth of the characters. The story gave me butterflies as well as several streams of tears running down my face. Colleen Hoover never disappoints. Hopefully, I‘ll always remember my first time reading this.

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