Reviews tagging 'Abandonment'

Ugly Love by Colleen Hoover

27 reviews

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

thriftedmemories's review against another edition

emotional 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

2.0

 < spoiler> Lots of unnecessary sex <spoilers>
I felt bored reading the book, it didn’t grab my attention. Nor was I a fan of Tate being emotionally used by Miles. There was no growth between the two characters. The growth didn’t happen throughout the story either. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Gaslighting, Car accident, Incest, Abandonment, Child death, Death of parent, Toxic relationship, and Sexual content

kaitaylorsversion's review against another edition

mysterious 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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Car accident

Moderate: Incest, Pregnancy, and Abandonment

Minor: Alcohol and Homophobia

sarallymon's review against another edition

hopeful 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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Abandonment, Child death, Pregnancy, and Grief

filipa_maia's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-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

4.0

Colleen Hoover is a great story teller. I've read enough of her books to know it and to keep reading everything that she writes. With that being said I did not fell in love with this story as I usually do.

Tell me you live a very toxic relationship without telling me that you live a very toxic relationship. This is the story behind Ugly Love. I understand Miles tragic past and in no way, shape or form I'm undermining the pain that something like that must change your life forever... and I also know that he defined pretty simples rules... but he is just a very idiot of a man. And Tate is a woman that can't stand up for herself and that annoys me. No man in this world is that good looking or that good in bed to make her endure such things.  Tate is a cliche of a woman that sees a broken man and wants to help him, change him... Girl, he told you exactly how things would happen and you got mad when things happened the ways he told you they would.

Ugly Love indeed.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Cursing, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Grief, Pregnancy, Car accident, Child death, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Death of parent, Sexual harassment, and Cancer

Minor: Abandonment, Abortion, and Alcohol

jennsliterature's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Child death, Gaslighting, Miscarriage, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Grief, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Pregnancy

hayleythegoose's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Pregnancy, Alcohol, and Incest

Minor: Cancer, Abandonment, and Death of parent

trycerabel's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Car accident, Child death, Emotional abuse, Pregnancy, Suicidal thoughts, and Abandonment

kassidypf13's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective relaxing sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

Minor: Abandonment and Child death

arys_library's review

3.0

Not my favorite Colleen Hoover book but it was still decent. It was a fun read at first but as you think a little more the more you realize it wasn’t as great as you think. I just feel like the character traits and growth was inconsistent and that really messed with the plot. For example, (no spoilers don’t worry) Miles, one of the main characters used grief and panic as an excuse for many many things that shouldn’t have an excuse. Grief is very prominent in this book but other characters simply forgave and moved on. It was never addressed as how badly certain actions hurt others or how people and actions/things needed to change. And this book would have been liked more if that had changed. Other than that I like the two main characters relationship towards the end. But in the beginning again, their relationship felt uncomfortable. Like somehow manipulation or gaslighting was involved, even though it was never directly stated or somewhat brought up. Maybe it was just me that felt uncomfortable by parts of their relationship, but I didn’t like many parts of it which made my liking for the book go down. It wasn’t a horrible book, just don’t one of my favorites. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Child death, Death, Grief, Mental illness, and Sexual content

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Cursing, Medical content, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Car accident, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Abandonment and Alcoholism