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Ugly Love by Colleen Hoover

37 reviews

int0thefloodagain's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad tense 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Sexual content, and Car accident

Moderate: Sexual harassment

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

molly_rose's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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: Child death, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Grief, Car accident, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Emotional abuse and Gaslighting

Minor: Cancer, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

lish_e's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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

3.0

It was a fun idea to centre the text vertically, I had never read that in a book before.
I wanted to read some romance, but I’m unsure about this story. Miles gave me some red flags and the chemistry between him and Tate felt weird at times. Also, I didn’t understand why this whole “stepsister” thing needed to happen.
But I liked the writing style and the kind of storytelling that was happening with the chapters and different povs. 

Cap as a character was also really funny.

 

I also thought the end was a bit unrealistic. He had trauma for six years, which he never took care off. And at the end, he suddenly proposes after six months of dating. Yes, stuff like that can happen, but in this case, it felt a bit rushed.

 
Despite all those things, it was still an enjoyable read and my first read of a Colleen Hoover book. 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Medical content

Minor: Cancer, Death of parent, and Sexual harassment

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

kaylaaards's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense 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: Child death, Death, Sexual content, and Car accident

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Medical content, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Toxic relationship

claire_fitzgibbon13's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad tense 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

4.0

STAN CAP !!!

I think the way miles treated tate for long time was shitty but he made up for it and had a fair explanation

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Child death, Death, and Car accident

Minor: Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Sexual harassment

ghostisalive's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

once again colleen smashed this . it was incredible. i will say it was a bit repetitive and some characters lacked depth , but honestly i think that might just have to do with the fact that i read it in one evening so i wasn't focused on smaller details. also i had seen some spoilers which made me maybe not enjoy some of the parts which i would've simple because i knew what was coming. overall i would still recommend it though and it really did enjoy it .<3

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Toxic relationship, and Car accident

Moderate: Blood, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

Minor: Sexual harassment

prettybaddieb's review against another edition

emotional reflective 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Child death, Cursing, Death, Grief, Car accident, and Death of parent

Moderate: Infidelity, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

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