Reviews

Amor Cruel by Colleen Hoover

rraine_epub's review against another edition

emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

2.0

sunflowerreads11's review against another edition

4.0

This book is a friends with benefits type of book. Tate and Miles discovered that they have this attraction to each other but are not looking for a relationship. So they make a agreement to have a “friends with benefit relationship”. I am gave this book 4 out of 5 stars because I sometimes didn’t like how Miles treating Tate. While reading the book I did discover what the cover of the book actually meant and I was so shocked. We really get to read into Miles early teenage years and find out some things about his past that relate to his present. I think that Tate is amazingly strong throughout this book and stands up for herself.

taylorardoin's review against another edition

3.0

Well that book turned around.

I'm beginning to understand why people give books decimal point stars. I'm having a very hard time rating this book. But, the first 75% of this book, 1 star. Last 25%, 5 stars. Overall rating, 3.5 stars rounded down to a 3 for the purpose of a Goodreads rating.

I'm not gonna lie, for the first 75% of this book, I hated it. There were so many sex scenes, it seemed like that was all this book was going to be good for. I was reading this book as a buddy read and we all felt the same way. We almost DNF'd this book halfway in but, we decided to push through despite our initial feelings. I am glad we did.

Small spoiler.

Spoiler

Tate is so very insecure in herself to let a man like Miles push her around and to be honest, it kinda made me mad. While his behavior does end up getting explained, Tate doesn't deserve to be treated that way no matter how annoying she was.

It took me so long to get through this book because I just didn't like it at first. I think all the sex scenes in the first 75% of the book were 100% unnecessary to get the story and the point across. This is why I rated this book so low. But, today I decided to finish this book and everything turned around for me. The ending was great and definitely made up for it a little bit. It's definitely worth pushing through to make it to the last quarter of the book where everything is explained and the book gets bumped back up to (imo) 3 -closer to 4- stars. If it wasn't for the ending, I would have rated it 1 star.

HOW I RATE BOOKS (for reference):
5 stars: an amazing book. a book that will stay in my mind days, weeks, months later. typically an all-time favorite, although not always. Most likely to reread
4 stars: a great book, but is just missing that one thing to set it over the edge. would be somewhat likely to reread
3 stars: good, "meh" kind of book. was able to get through it and the story was okay, but not something I'd likely reread
2 stars: just no. a book I did not enjoy but was able to get through without DNFing
1 star: did not like it at all, was bored and couldn't get through it, DNF'd

mimisworld's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful lighthearted 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

zzoemchh's review against another edition

5.0

my favorite book from her so far

evan_sheehan09's review against another edition

2.0

2.25⭐️ I did enjoy this book, especially the ending but most of it there wasn’t really a story

elladk's review against another edition

1.0

no thank you. i’m officially done with coho.

meagngo's review against another edition

1.0

Yawn. It felt like there was no plot and poor character development. The only thing we know about Tate is that she’s a nurse and has a brother. She lacked any sort of personality. She was so desperate for Miles. They had way too much chemistry for two people that didn’t really know each other or get to know each other. Miles was just hard to like. And then when he asked her to move in with her at the end? Like what? They are two strangers basically.

jshapiro12's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful fast-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

5.0

xand3r_'s review against another edition

emotional mysterious tense fast-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? It's complicated

4.75