Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Losing Hope by Colleen Hoover

8 reviews

xgabrielle_hx's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful sad 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Grief, Adult/minor relationship, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, Kidnapping, Sexual content, Blood, Pedophilia, Mental illness, and Rape

Moderate: Alcoholism, Gaslighting, Death of parent, Gun violence, and Car accident

karifaye's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide

Moderate: Child abuse, Kidnapping, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Adult/minor relationship, Death of parent, Pedophilia, and Child death

keishac13's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful 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? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Pedophilia, Kidnapping, Incest, Blood, Suicide, Death, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Child abuse, Death of parent, and Grief

lara_08's review against another edition

dark emotional sad fast-paced

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

2.5

I read this book at a age i shouldn´t have read it and it was very traumatising but i think it is the best colleen hoover book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Pedophilia, Death, Emotional abuse, Child death, Death of parent, Incest, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Child abuse, Kidnapping, Rape, and Violence

a_alves00's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Sexual content, Kidnapping, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicide, Grief, Toxic relationship, Child death, Death of parent, Abandonment, Blood, Child abuse, Death, Pedophilia, Rape, and Sexual assault

readwithkel's review

emotional sad medium-paced

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

3.25

This just didn’t live up to the first book. 

I loved the idea of getting Holder’s perspective, but there were so many parts of this book that were absolutely cringe-worthy. 

Getting the insight into Les and Holder’s relationship was great, but I hated Holder as a narrator. For example,

him kissing Sky while she was asleep was absolutely NOT ok and it was really frustrating that it was played off as romantic when in reality that’s bordering on SA

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Child abuse, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Death of parent, Physical abuse, Alcoholism, and Sexual assault

Minor: Drug abuse, Homophobia, Bullying, and Violence

ailendb's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective slow-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

3.0

it was super boring cuz it’s hopeless but in the guys perspective

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Sexual assault, Rape, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Death of parent

rainydayswithbooks's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny fast-paced

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

4.75

I love Colleen Hoover (as pretty much every reader does) and the "Hope" book series is incredibly well written. However, I liked the first volume from Hope/Sky's perspective a little better. In this second volume, the same story is told from Dean's point of view and apart from the opening and ending scenes and one or two chapters in between where he meets up with friends, you don't learn much new. I found dean's diary/letters great, as they clarified dean's feelings and were even written in a really funny way (my notes in this book are actually mostly in places where I laughed out loud). Daniel is a guy I would like to have as a friend, just like Breckin in volume 1. It was also interesting to finally get to know Dean's perspective and fill in the gaps from volume 1 where he disappeared, for example. You also get a better sense of what and whether he means something seriously and what his feelings are. Moreover, at no point did I have the impression that scenes from volume 1 were missing. The great thing is that the dialogues were taken over 1:1, only instead of Sky's monologues, they are Dean's here. Nevertheless, the ending didn't quite convince me, so I can't give it 5 stars. It was too perfect and too abrupt for me (although we know a lot from volume 1).

The appeasing letter from Les, Dean's mom who is happy again and likes Hope, Karen who just lives on.... the trauma and suicide of the father is no longer an issue, although there is certainly still a lot to work through...i don't know

All in all, a great book that is worth reading!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide

Moderate: Death of parent, Kidnapping, and Child abuse

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Rape, and Sexual harassment