Reviews with content warning for Emotional abuse - Ugly Love

I’m so tired of romance novels and movies glorifying toxic relationships where the women “fix” the men. Although we are given reasons why Miles struggled with relationships by the end of the book, the fact that he changed his mind about wanting a relationship after he had treated Tate horribly is not a positive message to send to women. Miles was emotionally manipulative, but we are supposed to praise Tate for sticking by him instead of being able to see her be liberated from a toxic and draining relationship where her partner did not respect her. I still give it three stars because the storyline with Rachel and Miles was so captivating, and the spice and chemistry between Tate and Miles is exactly what I wanted.

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dark emotional funny hopeful lighthearted sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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jodieworton's review against another edition

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emotional sad fast-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

4.0

This book was the last one I read in February. And I bloody loved it.

🔆Ugly Love by Colleen Hoover 🔆

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Ugly Love is a romance novel and follows the story of Tate and Miles. It is the classic story, I’m sure we’ve all read before, the tortured male trope that can’t and won’t be loved.

Miles is the best friend of Tates brother and they meet when Tate comes to live with him. What follows is a sexy love affair, Tate falls for Miles and whilst it is obvious Miles is falling for her too he keeps a guard up.

You learn why Miles is the way he is, and actually it is pretty devastating.

The book is also written from the POV of Tate and Miles, each chapter it switches.

This was a super quick read, took me less than a day and was a good end to the month! Read it!

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challenging emotional medium-paced

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

1.0

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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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emotional sad medium-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

4.0

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