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Ugly Love by Colleen Hoover

35 reviews

withlivjones's review against another edition

dark emotional sad slow-paced

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

1.5

I have never wanted to throw a book across the room as much as I did reading this book.

The writing lacks maturity and there are so. many. cringeworthy lines. There are quite a few instances of things I’ve seen in other CoHo books (plot points, characters, tragic backstories etc.) which makes the story fairly predictable. I’ve read worse smut, but that’s definitely not to say that the smut in this book is good. Miles is a walking red flag (which Tate literally says herself!) and the prose-poetry style of his chapters comes off as clever for maybe two pages before quickly becoming exhausting to read. We’re seriously meant to be rooting for this guy? Not to mention that his insta-love obsession with his STEPSISTER reads as extremely creepy (and in the immortal words of Shane Madej, “anytime you have to say ‘it’s not incest technically’ that’s not great”).

In short, the only reason I read this book in two days was because I wanted to be done with it that badly.

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neilakali's review against another edition

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emotional medium-paced

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

3.0

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alicelalicon's review against another edition

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dark emotional fast-paced

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

2.5

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violetbentbackwards1036's review against another edition

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challenging emotional reflective 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

1.0

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flower_child's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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caitlindoesntread's review against another edition

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dark emotional inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.0

(SPOILERS !!)

Okay... so... the first like 70% of this book was... not good. sorry. But so much of it was just sex and the story wasn't progressing at all, we weren't learning anything about Miles' character and I was more interested in the Rachel storyline than the Tate one. I really really hated Miles throughout most of this book. He had no respect for Tate, he was rude asf, and he literally sexual abused her multiple times??? I didn't feel the chemistry between them, their dynamic was fucking strange. Did I cry for an hour straight reading this book? Yes, I did. Did I internally scream when Rachel revealed the name of her daughter? Yes, I did. Loved the ending but I can't get over Miles' character in the beginning bc it was incredibly strange and gross and misogynistic and IK ITS BC HE HAS TRAUMA but I can't get over it - he had no respect for Tate and I constantly felt like he was exploiting her for sex? bc he was. However, I gave it 4.25 stars bc I really liked the ending and Miles getting his closure. Okay.

xoxo, gossip girl.

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