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Ugly Love by Colleen Hoover

105 reviews

ksett267's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny sad tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

This book was absolutely amazing. It made me have all the emotions especially in the last about 100 pages. I was bawling my eyes out at the end so grab tissues. The cover of the book is so traumatizing now.

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holiday7's review against another edition

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1.0

Read this online, and this is genuinely the WORST romance book I've ever read (if you can even call it romance). Like, step sibling incest? Really? If Tate wasn't in this book, it would've made NO difference.

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ankiaisreading's review against another edition

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emotional medium-paced

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

0.75

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cc_shelflove's review against another edition

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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? It's complicated

1.0

This book is the worst book I have ever read in my entire existence of living, and Miles was the grossest, creepiest “book boyfriend” I have ever encountered. Example A:

“I take a shower in her bathroom. I like this shower. I like it more than I liked it back when it was just my shower. I like seeing her things in here. I like looking at her razor and imagining what she looks like when she uses it. I like looking at her shampoo bottles and thinking about her with her head tilted back beneath the stream of water as she rinses it out of her hair. I love that my shower is her shower, too.”

Example B: The “her” in the preceding passage is Miles’s stepsister. BRO. Excuse me. What???

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Years after the end of his relationship with his stepsister, Miles meets Tate. The morning after they meet, he knows she is something special and creepily watches her as she sleeps in her bed. Please do not tell me there are readers who want this man IRL. Three words: STAGE. FIVE. CLINGER.

Don’t even get me started on the plot (or lack thereof). I guess if you want to read a book about sex between characters who know absolutely nothing about each other, this is the book for you. I would totally be okay if I never read or heard the name Rachel ever again. Now please excuse me while I go vomit. YUCK!

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wqkair_'s review against another edition

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emotional hopeful lighthearted mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

"Tate" he says. He's facing his door, and he doesn't turn around to finish his sentence. "Sometimes a man's spirit just ain't strong enough to withstand the ghost from his past." He opens the apartment door and walks inside. "Maybe that boy just lost his spirit somewhere along the way" He closes his door and leaves me attempt to decipher even more confusion.
— page 227

Moment when he leaves.
Because he always leave.
— page 243

"I don't want to swim anymore," He says, sliding his lips from the base of my throat all the way up to my mouth again. "Well, then, what do you want to do?" I whisper weekly. "You" he says without hesitation "In my shower. From behind" I swallow a huge lump of air and feel it all the way to the pit of my stomach. "Wow. That's very specific."
"And also in my bed" he whispersed. "With you on top, still soaking wet from the shower." I inhale sharply, and we can both hear the tremble of my breath I exhale
"Okay," I tried to say,but his mouth is on mine before the word is even all the way out.
— page 257

"Listen,Tate," I tell her. "I want your mess. I want your clothes in my bedroom floor. I want your toothbrush in my bathroom. I want your shoes in my closet. I want your mediocre leftovers in my fridge." She laughs at that. "Oh, and I almost forgot," I say, pulling the other box for my pocket. I hold it up between us and open it, revealing the ring. "I also want you in my future.Forever."
— page 316

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nesxreads's review against another edition

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dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

1.25

Very toxic romance as usual from CoHo, a bad exemple, I wouldn’t recommend this to a teenager

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thelibraryofanolive's review against another edition

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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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withlivjones's review against another edition

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dark emotional sad slow-paced

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

1.5

I have never wanted to throw a book across the room as much as I did reading this book.

The writing lacks maturity and there are so. many. cringeworthy lines. There are quite a few instances of things I’ve seen in other CoHo books (plot points, characters, tragic backstories etc.) which makes the story fairly predictable. I’ve read worse smut, but that’s definitely not to say that the smut in this book is good. Miles is a walking red flag (which Tate literally says herself!) and the prose-poetry style of his chapters comes off as clever for maybe two pages before quickly becoming exhausting to read. We’re seriously meant to be rooting for this guy? Not to mention that his insta-love obsession with his STEPSISTER reads as extremely creepy (and in the immortal words of Shane Madej, “anytime you have to say ‘it’s not incest technically’ that’s not great”).

In short, the only reason I read this book in two days was because I wanted to be done with it that badly.

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kirbyblue's review against another edition

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emotional lighthearted fast-paced

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

3.0

This book was kind of meh. This is the first colleen Hoover book I’ve ever read and I get why people both love her and hate her. This book was very fast paced and simple, with little depth to the characters beyond their trauma. The side characters are there only for dialogue and don’t contribute to the story beyond that. The relationship is incredibly superficial and the main character is so full. With all of that being said, reading this book for what it is, a face paced, easy read, contemporary romance, it isn’t horrible. It’s a light read and the plot, which predictable, is satisfying in the same way hallmark movies are. Overall, not horrible but nothing special. I will try some of her other books just for fun easy reads.

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aannaascott's review against another edition

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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

1.75

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