Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

Ugly Love by Colleen Hoover

32 reviews

destinynichole11's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Medical content, Death, Grief, Cursing, Death of parent, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Medical trauma, Cancer, Car accident, Blood, Child death, and Alcohol

rosedustgirl's review against another edition

lighthearted slow-paced

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

0.25

Absolutely dull. I really don't understand the hype. Predictable plot, lack of emotional turmoil, themes are lacklustre regarding main characte, typical gaslighting and emotional tropes. I only finished as it was a group read.

Couldn't care less what happened to all characters involved.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Medical content, Sexual assault, Emotional abuse, Child death, Gaslighting, and Sexual content

gmbooks11_'s review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Car accident, Gaslighting, Death, Grief, Child death, Medical content, Pregnancy, Alcohol, Mental illness, and Toxic relationship

jessw17's review against another edition

emotional sad 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? Yes

3.0

Tl;dr I think the man was supposed to be likeable, he just wasn't. He needed therapy but depended on the women around him to provide it. He felt a little dangerous. If you've ever been in an emotionally abusive relationship, don't read this. Sex scenes were good though. 

It was okay. The story was sad and it definitely kept my attention. I'm just tired of the "women will fix men" storyline. 

The book starts out in Tate's point of view and it seems like she's going to be the main character. Then it switches to shorter chapter that are Miles' pov. But miles was very clearly the main character. He's a troubled guy, a successful pilot at the ripe age of 24.. he's even promoted to captian during the story. 

Meanwhile we barely learn anything about Tate. That's fine, it's just not my cup of tea to have (who I perceive should be) the main character be so 2 dimensional while the love interest's character is so fleshed out. 

Also, they're 22 and 24 and established in their careers which feels unrelatable.

Anyway, the entire time, Tate is hoping Miles falls in love with her and he's emotionally unavailable and has been for 6 years. You don't find out why until nearly the end, when you find out he'd had a child with his high school sweetheart, got in a car accident while Miles is driving them home from the hospital, the newborn dies, and the girlfriend leaves. 

So Miles cuts himself off from love and happiness but of course, things change when he meets Tate.

Honestly, he treats Tate pretty terribly, even if it was just a hookup situation. He does things that scare her and you kind of assume he doesn't realize he's doing them, until the end when you get his present day POV and you realize he's not clueless. He can read her, he just doesn't care. He doesn't mind intentionally being mean or intimidating to her. 

 

so in the end, he thanks Tate for "waiting for him." Which is valid for her and was her choice to wait for him. I'm just tired of that storyline if "if you wait long enough, you can fix him!" And he also had to find the high school sweetheart, shows up at her house so she can console him. He literally just shows up in her life in an entirely new state, not caring what that would do to her or her family. She didn't tell him where she was, he found her and just inserted himself so she could give him free therapy. It was cringe.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Emotional abuse, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Alcohol, Pregnancy, and Grief

Minor: Car accident, Child death, Cursing, Medical content, Death, Death of parent, Medical trauma, Terminal illness, Toxic friendship, and Blood

lovealwaysadi's review

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

shaylee_n_20's review against another edition

emotional 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Car accident, and Child death

Moderate: Grief, Medical content, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Cursing, Death of parent, and Abandonment

proudtobeabookaholic's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad tense slow-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

When Tate Collins moves in with her brother Corbin, the first person she meets is Miles Archer. Let's just say he doesn't make a good impression... But with time a strong attraction develops between them, and they make an arrangement. Miles isn't interested in love and Tate doesn't have time for love, so sex without any emotional ties should suit them fine. As long as Tate doesn't break Miles' two rules:

Never ask about the past.

Don't expect a future. 

That should be easy, right?

WOW! Talk about an emotional roller coaster! I've been gasping, gritting my teeth and often had a silly smile on my face. I've been sighing (in a positive way) over the tender sex scenes, and closed my eyes before the grief (like that would help). I don't think I've ever been as captured by a book without any real story line; it's the characters that afflict you.

The book changes between now and then (6 years earlier), and between Tate's and Miles' perspective. Slowly we get to know what happened to Miles 6 years ago, and why he hasn't had a relationship since - and doesn't plan to ever have one. Without revealing too much I can only say that it's pretty brutal - and heartwrenching. I'll definitely remember Tate and Miles for a long time!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Medical content, and Grief

Moderate: Car accident, Pregnancy, and Death

brynhayes's review against another edition

emotional reflective 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, Child death, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Death, Pregnancy, and Sexual content

caitlindoesntread's review

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Grief, Homophobia, Death, Child death, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Medical content, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Pregnancy, Sexism, Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Cancer, Car accident, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Minor: Bullying