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Reminders of Him by Colleen Hoover

100 reviews

brandie_abbie19's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Pregnancy, Panic attacks/disorders, Death, Suicide attempt, Injury/Injury detail, Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Medical content, Alcohol, Blood, Car accident, Death of parent, and Grief

Moderate: Drug use and Violence

booklover01's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring sad medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Drug use, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Car accident, Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol, Death, and Suicide attempt

y3llow_umbr3lla's review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad medium-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Death, Alcohol, Car accident, Suicidal thoughts, and Sexual content

Moderate: Violence, Blood, and Cursing

Minor: Pregnancy, Panic attacks/disorders, and Infertility

alyssaa04's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Car accident, Grief, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual content, Suicide attempt, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Blood, Body horror, Pregnancy, and Medical trauma

Minor: Confinement, Kidnapping, Alcohol, Drug use, Pregnancy, and Vomit

love_chloe_c's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring 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? It's complicated

3.25

Sometimes CoHo books feel like she came up with the characters she wanted to be in love first and wrote the plot around them. That's how this book feels. Don't get me wrong, I really loved and enjoyed it, it's just an observation I feel the need to point out. She uses the word "Roll" WAY too many times. Like WAY too many. And often times, the things that are "rolling" don't even roll?? Like they're just not rolling. Anyway, this is a sweet, heavy novel about a journey of forgiveness, acceptance, and love and learning to move on from the things that have hurt us. It's a sweet story with a lovely conclusion ❤️

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Death of parent

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Car accident

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, and Blood

emmi_louise's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful sad tense 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

3.75

I skipped a couple of chapters due to the explicit sexual content, but overall this book genuinely made me feel the deep pain which Kenna felt and I definitely teared up at the end.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Car accident, Death, and Sexual content

Minor: Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

juliamb's review against another edition

emotional sad medium-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Car accident, Injury/Injury detail, Death, and Blood

Moderate: Alcohol, Cursing, Suicide attempt, Sexual content, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, and Violence

micaelamariem's review against another edition

emotional reflective fast-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

2.5

I was a little nervous to read this because last summer I read Maybe Someday and hated it but thought this time could be different. Every author deserves more than one chance.

This time was...slightly better.

Reminders of Him is about Kenna, a young woman who made a tragic mistake that landed her in prison and caused her to lose everything she loved--including custody of the life she didn't even realize she was carrying. This is the story of after her prison release, how she found her way back to loved ones in her search for redemption and a way to forgive herself.

And look, put like that, it sounds good. But Kenna's tragic mistake--and this isn't really a spoiler as it's mentioned in the first chapter--involved drunk driving. And while I can empathize with some of her situation, and wholeheartedly agree that there needs to be a better system in place that helps rehabilitated convicts enter into a more accepting world, I still find it hard to agree the stupid decision to get behind the wheel while intoxicated. There's not really any excuse for that and I can understand why people hated her in the aftermath.

Another thing that disappointed me was how quickly people's opinions and moods changed. Realistically, acceptance and forgiveness is more of a slow burn thing, but this happened way too quickly, without a middle it felt like. 

All this negative stuff really affected my enjoyment of the reading. However, I can admit the writing style has really improved since Maybe Someday. And I actually did like Ledger, though he seemed a bit too perfect for a character, if you know what I mean. I wouldn't have minded seeing more flaws in him. But the romance was good, and I mostly enjoyed that aspect. 

In the end, I think the book could've been improved with more of a slow burn to forgiveness--even if that meant the book had to be longer. It would've also given me more time to come to terms with the mistake Kenna made.

That being said, this is a highly rated book and I know I'm in an unpopular opinion here. I would rate the book between 2.5 stars to 3 stars, and probably wouldn't recommend it, but that doesn't necessarily mean you wouldn't like it!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Cursing, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Alcoholism, Suicide attempt, Grief, Addiction, Alcohol, Blood, Panic attacks/disorders, and Sexual content

stephanieluxton's review against another edition

emotional sad slow-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Sexual content, and Death

Moderate: Blood, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Panic attacks/disorders, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Drug use and Alcohol

kenna13's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful sad fast-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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Alcoholism