Reviews tagging 'Abandonment'

Reminders of Him by Colleen Hoover

63 reviews

sierrabowers's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-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

3.0

I liked this book and the plot. I liked how Colleen chose to present the characters, and how she chose to reveal things later on. The POV switch gave insight into how the other person was feeling, and I liked that I could see things from two perspectives,

and how gradually, they seemed to come together as Kenna and Ledger fell in love.

I thought that the book was pretty slow. I wish she would have put a sub-plot in, because the main plot wasn’t quite enough for me to keep it interesting. It did get better in the end, but I thought the ending was predictable. Overall, great book, but not her best. I would compre it to “Layla”. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Car accident, Death, Grief, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Abandonment, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Alcoholism

ivanaacosta's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective relaxing sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Medical trauma, Grief, Car accident, Abandonment, Toxic relationship, Cursing, Blood, Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, Murder, Hate crime, and Death

taylorsevalia's review against another edition

challenging emotional mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

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

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Car accident, Abandonment, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Sexual content, Grief, and Cursing

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Medical content, Kidnapping, Blood, Violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical trauma, and Drug use

ruimin_piao's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Blood, and Car accident

alisonannk's review against another edition

emotional sad slow-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Grief, and Death

Moderate: Abandonment, Alcohol, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, and Pregnancy

jadeilona_'s review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Blood, Death, Grief, Sexual content, and Abandonment

Moderate: Child abuse

Minor: Kidnapping, Pregnancy, Alcohol, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, Death of parent, Medical content, and Murder

romanysky's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Car accident, Grief, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Gore

eve_lyn's review against another edition

fast-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

1.25

The only redeeming aspect of this book is that Kenna did care enough about Diem to not ruin her life. Everything else in the book was one red flag after another after another. First time reading Colleen Hoover and my last. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Alcohol, and Ableism

Minor: Abandonment, Grief, and Suicidal thoughts

arys_library's review against another edition

dark emotional sad fast-paced

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

4.0

Colleen Hoover has done it again! This is a fantastic book. It’s so raw and real, similar to another one of her books; It Ends With Us. It’s a dark, deep, serious books, with quite a bit of romance in it, but not too much to hide the deep messages in the story. I really loved this book. 

There were points that I felt really lacked, and made me wish I loved it more. So much happened in the end 50 or so pages, it could have been spread out so much more, it felt rushed this way. I still loved the ending though I wish there was more substance. 

I think the amount of substance throughout this book was really the only thing I disliked. I wish we got more flashbacks or descriptions of Scotty. It’s hard to mourn him as a reader when there isn’t much to go off of besides the main characters’ thoughts. It would have been great to get more insight to his personality or more meaningful memories. Because of that, I didn’t feel as connected to the book as I wished to be. 

I still do feel connected to the characters and I really loved all of them, but some of the sad scenes could have been more impactful if we had more of Scotty. 

All in all, I did enjoy this book. Colleen’s storytelling is incredible, and her characters really pull at your heart. Definitely another great novel of hers!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Grief

Moderate: Alcohol, Car accident, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual content, Blood, and Cursing

Minor: Pregnancy, Suicide attempt, Panic attacks/disorders, Abandonment, and Murder

hesticht's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful 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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Car accident

Moderate: Blood, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Pregnancy and Abandonment