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Without Merit by Colleen Hoover

52 reviews

kk_reads2's review against another edition

emotional sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Drug use, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Vomit, Grief, Suicide attempt, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Death

isco1428's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective sad fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Mental illness, Vomit, Suicide attempt, and Alcohol

aryexo's review against another edition

challenging emotional 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Infidelity, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Suicide attempt, and Alcohol

tinaxx2's review against another edition

emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Mental illness, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Incest and Vomit

evie_dora's review against another edition

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

i cannot put into words how messed up this whole book was.

we find out that Merit’s mum has an illness and lives in the basement of the house, while the rest of the family - including the mother’s carer who Merit’s father now has a child with - lives in the upper levels of the house. we later discover that merit’s mother actually suffers from a mental illness which makes her believe she suffers from a purely physical illness. the mother is repeatedly portrayed as villainous for her behaviour - and while i am not denying mentally ill parents can have a negative effect on their children, i do not like how the mother was treated because of her illness. merit almost loses her virginity to her step-uncle. she also kisses a guy who she believes to her twin sister’s boyfriend. when merit attempts su!c!de (for which there were NO content warnings that i could find) she writes letters to everyone living in the house outing all their secrets. this includes her brother’s - he sexually assaulted her when she was younger, and in turn, she outs him as gay to her entire family. all in all, this book was horrific.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Vomit, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, and Outing

Moderate: Animal death and Incest

Minor: Drug abuse

there was no content warning for the su!cide attempt, nor for any of the other possibly harmful content.

wildflowercth's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide attempt

Minor: Animal death and Vomit

niyaslilworld's review against another edition

dark hopeful sad medium-paced

2.0

I'm going to be honest, I really did not like this book. There was no actual plot and that would've been fine if the book had some sense of order, or made up for it in some other aspect. Unfortunately it didn't. Besides the lack of a storyline, it also felt unrealistic and weird, with very questionable situations at points. I found the main character especially to be unlikable, along with a lot of the others. The very minor "relationship", if you can call it that, between Sagan and Merit and the mental health awareness are both some of the very few reasons I'm willing to give this two stars.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Alcohol

Moderate: Vomit

Minor: Animal death, Cancer, and Car accident

arthur_ant18's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious tense 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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Cancer, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, and Alcohol

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Incest, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Vomit, Medical content, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Outing

Minor: Biphobia and Homophobia

jenny_wren's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative reflective medium-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

This is a YA bookthat primarily follows the story of Merit. She is desperately unhappy and struggling to connect to anyone - especially her own family. When she meets Samantha the connection is instant. Only problem is he thinks she is her identical twin sister. What follows is a story of secrets, lies, friendships, relationships and struggling to fit in. 

When I started this I didn't realise it was YA and its not a genre I usually enjoy. There was a lot of teenage angst and drama but this has all the feeling of other Colleen Hoover books. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness, Vomit, and Suicide attempt

amorales107's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Vomit, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Animal death, Homophobia, and Infidelity