Reviews tagging 'Incest'

Ugly Love by Colleen Hoover

109 reviews

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: Child death, Cursing, Death, Sexual content, Grief, Car accident, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Confinement, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Minor: Cancer, Domestic abuse, Incest, Infidelity, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, and Sexual harassment

withlivjones's review against another edition

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Sexual content, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Car accident

Minor: Incest, Violence, and Death of parent

kirbyblue's review against another edition

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Incest, and Car accident

aannaascott's review against another edition

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Child death and Car accident

all i can say is….i can no longer say i’ve never read about incest

emcmanaman's review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death

Minor: Incest

roznn's review against another edition

dark sad fast-paced

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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest

patrgarcia2's review against another edition

medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

2.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Incest

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

avie_j's review against another edition

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

0.25

For all the "I can change him" girlies. No you can't, this isn't realistic. You deserve better.

Tate was a complete and utter door-mat.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Emotional abuse, Incest, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, and Car accident

Moderate: Grief and Alcohol

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

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: Homophobia and Alcohol