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gingersnap17's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Car accident, Child death, Grief, and Toxic relationship
gingerspark_96's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Moderate: Death, Death of parent, Sexism, Sexual content, Cancer, Pregnancy, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Car accident, and Child death
gabi_w21's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
1.0
Graphic: Car accident, Pregnancy, Misogyny, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Child death, Emotional abuse, Grief, Toxic relationship, Sexism, and Sexual content
Moderate: Homophobia, Gaslighting, and Alcohol
Minor: Abortion and Death of parent
lovealwaysadi's review against another edition
- 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
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
chooper454's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Car accident, Sexual content, Grief, Child death, and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Sexual harassment and Pregnancy
Minor: Death of parent, Cancer, and Death
meaghanslibrary's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
1.75
Graphic: Death, Gaslighting, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Car accident, Pregnancy, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship
thriftedmemories's review against another edition
- 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
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.
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Gaslighting, Car accident, Incest, Abandonment, Child death, Death of parent, Toxic relationship, and Sexual content
littleacorn10's review against another edition
- 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
First Colleen Hoover book. Figured it was time to see what all the hype was about. I certainly wasn’t expecting to enjoy it as much as I did.
Although the writing itself, minus the explicit content, could be considered YA in dialect and style, I didn’t find myself too distracted by it. I was invested in the story, not the writing.
The switching POVs was enjoyable and kept the plot moving at a good pace as it allowed for time gaps between chapters. I also enjoyed the prose inspired chapters. Some might say it was a tad overdone, but I liked it because it got to the *point* of those moment. It told us exactly what we needed to know without buffering it with unnecessary details.
Finally, I did like the message of the book
All in all, I enjoyed my day binge-reading this book. Maybe I will pick up another Hoover book sometime in the future.
Graphic: Child death, Car accident, Death, and Grief
Moderate: Emotional abuse
Minor: Abortion, Cancer, and Alcohol
avie_j's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
0.25
Tate was a complete and utter door-mat.
Graphic: Toxic relationship, Incest, Emotional abuse, Car accident, Child death, and Mental illness
Moderate: Alcohol and Grief
Minor: Suicidal thoughts
literallysam's review against another edition
- 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
3.25
What Tate and Miles had was solely based on quick hookups and nothing substantial enough to even come close to legitimate feelings of love. The only kind of chemistry they seem to have is lust.
I didn't like how Rachel's character just took away Miles’s focus on Tate. It would've been nice to know more about Miles's feelings for Tate.
Tate was head over heels for a guy she had just met. I didn't like how Miles wouldn't even admit that he likes her and it made me so angry at times. I get the whole no strings attached thing but I just don't get why Tate was still with him. She had great potential to be a feminist icon and stand up to someone who's clearly using her but her self-respect was crushed so many times.
Also the kind of trauma and depression that Miles was going through was massive and all he needed was therapy and anyone could see that but the craziest part is that Tate, who is a registered nurse, couldn't see that.-
My only favourite character in the book was Cap. The ending was the only part that I liked in the entire book where miles's past was revealed. That was really heartbreaking and I found myself sympathising for him. I also liked it when Miles's poetic self came back to life in the end.
You can go for it if you want but overall I would describe this book as not worth the hype.
However, I will give Colleen Hoover the benefit of the doubt and will definitely read her other novels!
Graphic: Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Pregnancy, Toxic relationship, Car accident, and Child death