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Ugly Love by Colleen Hoover

34 reviews

martapsalvado's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Colleen Hoover really has a way of captivating the reader's attention. I've been having a little bit of a hard time keeping my focus and not feeling bored while reading but this kept me interested all the way through. There aren't a lot of characters or settings but that's not a bad thing in this case because it allows us to get deeper into the main storyline. I kind of wish we got to know the main female character a little bit better besides her relationships.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Sexual violence

Moderate: Child death, Death, Car accident, and Death of parent

Minor: Cancer, Terminal illness, and Violence

bethy_joy's review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Sexual content, Grief, and Car accident

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, and Pregnancy

Minor: Cancer, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Medical content, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

saraohneh's review against another edition

emotional sad medium-paced

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

4.5

colleen hoover took my heart and ripped it to tiny little pieces (just like she always does) the definition of steamy and heartbreaking 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Violence, Car accident, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Cancer and Death of parent

afdsg's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Car accident

Moderate: Grief

Minor: Violence, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

chaitai00's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Toxic relationship, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Violence

kathrinellis's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad

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

5.0

This is my new favourite book. 
Everything made sense, the ending was just perfect and you could really experience the growth of the characters. The story gave me butterflies as well as several streams of tears running down my face. Colleen Hoover never disappoints. Hopefully, I‘ll always remember my first time reading this. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Cancer, Child death, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

evicteline's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted sad fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Child death, Toxic relationship, and Car accident

Minor: Violence, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

josxphinchen's review against another edition

emotional sad fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Child death, Violence, and Car accident

Minor: Sexual harassment

soliny's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful reflective sad tense slow-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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Violence, Blood, and Car accident

Moderate: Cancer, Cursing, Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Child death and Incest

toofondofbooks_'s review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful reflective sad tense 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

3.5

Right off the bat, Miles and Tate's "no strings attached" fling starts with two rules. One: don't ask about the past, and two: don't expect a future. Spoiler alert: it's all gonna go out the window.

I don't think that any book of CoHo's is going to do it for me the same way that Verity did, but all the same, this woman's books are addictive and I eat them up with every new one I get. This one was...A LOT, in a lot of ways, but as always, I'm going to start with everything I liked about "Ugly Love."
This book has the same addictive and readable quality that the rest of CoHo's books have. The pacing is really good, and picking this book up never felt like a chore even though I have been feeling a little slumpy lately. I thought that Miles, though a questionable person in my opinion, was a really interesting character and I enjoyed the chapters that unraveled his past for the reader, a past that Tate, for most of the book, is unable to know. I didn't quite understand why they were written the way they were written, but I don't think that was a bad thing. I also thought that the parallels between Miles' chapters chronicling his past were really interesting. They weren't too in your face, but they also weren't so subtle that you couldn't pick up on them. The themes around love being messy and complicated, ugly - if you will, but still being worth it to have the beautiful aspects that come along with it, really resonated with me. Oh! Also, loved the Character of "Cap."

My negative thoughts are this: Tate. Too much Tate. She just kept repeating herself and it made me tired. I also got so frustrated with her at times even though it might have been unfair. She was already in love with him when they made their arrangement, and still went along with the arrangement, and I understand that sometimes if you want someone to love you, you'll do things that you never thought you would, but being in her head while she went THROUGH IT was really draining at times. I also didn't care for how misogynistic and annoying her brother was, like, bro... The culture of "Keep your hands off MY SISTER!" while well meaning, is so toxic and misogynistic. Like, she's a grown up, dude. These are just petty annoyances that I had within the narrative - it's still a decent book and I can see why it's so beloved among CoHo fans. My next CoHo romance will be It Ends With Us....pray for me lol 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Car accident, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Homophobia, Infidelity, Misogyny, Terminal illness, Medical content, and Acephobia/Arophobia

Minor: Incest and Excrement