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Ugly Love by Colleen Hoover

127 reviews

wqkair_'s review against another edition

emotional hopeful lighthearted mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

"Tate" he says. He's facing his door, and he doesn't turn around to finish his sentence. "Sometimes a man's spirit just ain't strong enough to withstand the ghost from his past." He opens the apartment door and walks inside. "Maybe that boy just lost his spirit somewhere along the way" He closes his door and leaves me attempt to decipher even more confusion.
— page 227


Moment when he leaves.
Because he always leave.
— page 243


"I don't want to swim anymore," He says, sliding his lips from the base of my throat all the way up to my mouth again. "Well, then, what do you want to do?" I whisper weekly. "You" he says without hesitation "In my shower. From behind" I swallow a huge lump of air and feel it all the way to the pit of my stomach. "Wow. That's very specific."
"And also in my bed" he whispersed. "With you on top, still soaking wet from the shower." I inhale sharply, and we can both hear the tremble of my breath I exhale
"Okay," I tried to say,but his mouth is on mine before the word is even all the way out.
— page 257


"Listen,Tate," I tell her. "I want your mess. I want your clothes in my bedroom floor. I want your toothbrush in my bathroom. I want your shoes in my closet. I want your mediocre leftovers in my fridge." She laughs at that. "Oh, and I almost forgot," I say, pulling the other box for my pocket. I hold it up between us and open it, revealing the ring. "I also want you in my future.Forever."
— page 316

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Car accident, Death, Child death, Incest, Pregnancy, and Grief

Moderate: Cursing

Minor: Cancer, Panic attacks/disorders, and Death of parent

!SPOILER! I fucking screamed when i found out that Rachel had a child AND NAMED HER CLAIR!!! !END OF SPOILER! Little advice: don't go looking around at other pages:D

infjkiki's review against another edition

emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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: Child death, Sexual content, Car accident, and Pregnancy

Minor: Cancer, Alcohol, and Death of parent

lovealwaysadi's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Child death, Death of parent, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Toxic relationship, Blood, Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Sexual content

Moderate: Pregnancy, Medical content, Sexual harassment, and Cancer

Minor: Violence

thelibraryofanolive's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny inspiring reflective sad tense 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? It's complicated

4.0

really good book i just think it got kind of repetitive and colleen hoover makes me want to rip my eyes out

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Death, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail, Car accident, Cursing, Child death, and Sexual content

Moderate: Death of parent, Confinement, Alcohol, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Misogyny, Sexual harassment, Incest, Sexual violence, Blood, Cancer, Sexism, Infidelity, Domestic abuse, Medical content, Physical abuse, and Violence

spkysi's review against another edition

emotional sad medium-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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death and Death

Minor: Cancer, Death of parent, and Car accident

chooper454's review against another edition

emotional 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Car accident, Sexual content, Grief, Child death, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Sexual harassment and Pregnancy

Minor: Death of parent, Cancer, and Death

denisejochems's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Child death, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Cancer

tingelinda91's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content and Grief

Minor: Child death, Car accident, Cursing, Pregnancy, Death of parent, Cancer, and Death

dayingst's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Car accident, Child death, Pregnancy, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Cancer and Death of parent

littleacorn10's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad fast-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

SPOILER REVIEW: 

First Colleen Hoover book. Figured it was time to see what all the hype was about. I certainly wasn’t expecting to enjoy it as much as I did. 

Although the writing itself, minus the explicit content, could be considered YA in dialect and style, I didn’t find myself too distracted by it. I was invested in the story, not the writing.

The switching POVs was enjoyable and kept the plot moving at a good pace as it allowed for time gaps between chapters. I also enjoyed the prose inspired chapters. Some might say it was a tad overdone, but I liked it because it got to the *point* of those moment. It told us exactly what we needed to know without buffering it with unnecessary details.

The happy ending was a tad corny, but I wouldn’t have liked a non-happy ending. I just personally didn’t think we had to see the proposal or any of that, it could have been open ended.

Finally, I did like the message of the book

that love is worth the pain.

That part resonated for me and will certainly stick with me.

All in all, I enjoyed my day binge-reading this book. Maybe I will pick up another Hoover book sometime in the future.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Car accident, Death, and Grief

Moderate: Emotional abuse

Minor: Abortion, Cancer, and Alcohol