Reviews tagging 'Toxic relationship'

Ugly Love by Colleen Hoover

243 reviews

molly_rose's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Emotional abuse and Gaslighting

Minor: Cancer, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

rachelquinnx's review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Child death and Car accident

dropshift5568's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Cancer and Death of parent

Minor: Medical content and Pregnancy

readingrin's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.0

The story was fast-paced for me especially at the beginning, to the point I got I confused. I had a hard time connecting with the characters at first, but eventually empathized with them as the story progressed. I have a love-hate relationship with Miles. I hated him for being like that with Tate, but I also kind of understand him & I like how he is aware of his actions. The writing is okay for me. I appreciate the alternating present-past chapters because it felt like CoHo was giving us a glimpse of Miles' past so that we know his story behind and why he is acting the way he is. Also I cried lol. Good read

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Injury/Injury detail

reader00's review against another edition

sad medium-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? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Toxic relationship, and Car accident

aliceloyallaleon's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Cursing, Death, Incest, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

mackenzie_s's review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad medium-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

This book was so much better than I even imagined. The end makes the book all worth it. It’s heartbreaking but in the most beautiful way. 10/10

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Child death and Car accident

Minor: Toxic relationship, Grief, and Death of parent

mllewellyn's review against another edition

emotional hopeful lighthearted reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Alcoholism, Cancer, Incest, Panic attacks/disorders, and Alcohol

roblotreads's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

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

5.0

read this book on Libby and i still am thinking about it. this is a book i would buy a physical copy of for the sole purpose of letting other people borrow it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Grief, and Car accident

readsbyl's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

1.0

“I’m not stupid. I know how lust works. Lust wants what lust can’t have”

Controversy cannot be avoided in this one in afraid! If you love this book please do still read this review, I hope it can give you a different insight into the book.

Where to start? I instantly did not like this book, I kept reading thinking it’d get better and it just got worse. 

In short: man woman meet. Man woman lust. Man woman sexual arrangement. Man is an arse. Woman doesn’t want to stick to arrangement. Woman also doesn’t want to tell man she doesn’t want to stick with arrangement. Man is an arse bc ✨trauma✨. Woman keeps crying bc she wants more. Man keeps making it clear he can’t have more. Woman set on fixing man. (Skip to the last ten chapters) Trauma, trauma trauma. Trauma fixed. Happy ever after. 

The main thing that really got to me with this book was the trauma sweeping. Miles’ whole personality is based on this unknown trauma he’s experienced, then in the last ten chapters the trauma is reviled and fixed. Just like that. The first thirty chapters you ask? Sex. Just pure lust and sex. 

The trauma he goes through is also very shocking and is told in explicit detail. I knew it was coming, but reading it absolutely crushed me. I’d read the trigger warnings, and there was no specific reason this would upset me (more than it would a normal person). But the way it was just swept over? Crushed me. 

Tate? Let’s not discuss her lack of personality. 

Let us also not discuss how one of the boys (Miles or her brother)always comes to save her day. This really didn’t scream strong female character to me. More passive and pretty boring. 

Also with Tate, can someone PLEASE explain to me why she, on multiple occasions, refers to her brother as attractive? I honestly couldn’t even fathom this. 

Speaking of her brother. Why is the damn man so overly protective? It disgusts me. All the men are just very “don’t touch her”, “she’s mine”, “my little sister awewwwew”. Just gross and really sets a bad standard on how men should be with women and how women should act around men.

That’s all I have to say about this monstrosity😅 Wondering why I kept reading? I had to know what happened to Rachel. Guess what? That disappointed me too. 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Sexual assault, Blood, Death of parent, and Alcohol