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Ugly Love by Colleen Hoover

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hollyfitton1's review against another edition

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dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

absolutely incredible, beautifully written. takes you on a rollercoaster of emotions. amazing plot twists

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arys_library's review against another edition

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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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kathrinellis's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

This is my new favourite book.
Everything made sense, the ending was just perfect and you could really experience the growth of the characters. The story gave me butterflies as well as several streams of tears running down my face. Colleen Hoover never disappoints. Hopefully, I‘ll always remember my first time reading this.

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jil_m's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful reflective 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

5.0

review Ugly Love

I was critical at the start but the story took all my doubts away.

Short summary

The city of nice apartments, adorable people at the elevator and hot pilots. Very hot pilots. Very kind, warm pilots across the hallway. if you'd ask Tate how San Fransisco is, this is probably the answer she will give you. Tate is a learning nurse but working and studying isn't her main priority anymore. After moving in her brother's (Corbin) apartment, she found out that love is not always the way it is portrait in movies. Miles, the friendly, mysterious neighbor and simultaneously the Corbin's best friend. He had a past which he cannot move on from, however, Tate might be able to make this a lot easier. After all, it is easier to fly than to fall in love.

My thoughts (no detailed spoilers)

Colleen definitely know something about writing. Her use of perspectives and time jumping was quite intriguing, it made you even more excited about the character's story. And oh my lord, the way this romance is written was absolutely amazing. Hearts were broken, mend, shattered and melt together. Though I must say, I missed quite the adventure there wasn't much going on beside Tate and Miles. Which, in this plot, might fit better than others but there certainly was a lack of side plots, however, that might just be my opinion. Same with the ending of the book. I guess it could've been a bit more detailed and slower-paced. Especially since I have acknowledged how Colleen is capable of doing a great job at detailed and precise writing.
therefore, a 4,5 and not a 5 stars read.

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lajjbuzz's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful sad tense fast-paced

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

2.5

I just don't know how tf should I rate this book.
was the whole story annoying? hell yes!
could I stop reading it? hell no!
did I find the hero and heroin loveable? no.
but was the ending worth my time? I guess so.

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readsbyl's review against another edition

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dark emotional medium-paced

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

1.0

“I’m not stupid. I know how lust works. Lust wants what lust can’t have”

Controversy cannot be avoided in this one in afraid! If you love this book please do still read this review, I hope it can give you a different insight into the book.

Where to start? I instantly did not like this book, I kept reading thinking it’d get better and it just got worse.

In short: man woman meet. Man woman lust. Man woman sexual arrangement. Man is an arse. Woman doesn’t want to stick to arrangement. Woman also doesn’t want to tell man she doesn’t want to stick with arrangement. Man is an arse bc ✨trauma✨. Woman keeps crying bc she wants more. Man keeps making it clear he can’t have more. Woman set on fixing man. (Skip to the last ten chapters) Trauma, trauma trauma. Trauma fixed. Happy ever after.

The main thing that really got to me with this book was the trauma sweeping. Miles’ whole personality is based on this unknown trauma he’s experienced, then in the last ten chapters the trauma is reviled and fixed. Just like that. The first thirty chapters you ask? Sex. Just pure lust and sex.

The trauma he goes through is also very shocking and is told in explicit detail. I knew it was coming, but reading it absolutely crushed me. I’d read the trigger warnings, and there was no specific reason this would upset me (more than it would a normal person). But the way it was just swept over? Crushed me.

Tate? Let’s not discuss her lack of personality.

Let us also not discuss how one of the boys (Miles or her brother)always comes to save her day. This really didn’t scream strong female character to me. More passive and pretty boring.

Also with Tate, can someone PLEASE explain to me why she, on multiple occasions, refers to her brother as attractive? I honestly couldn’t even fathom this.

Speaking of her brother. Why is the damn man so overly protective? It disgusts me. All the men are just very “don’t touch her”, “she’s mine”, “my little sister awewwwew”. Just gross and really sets a bad standard on how men should be with women and how women should act around men.

That’s all I have to say about this monstrosity😅 Wondering why I kept reading? I had to know what happened to Rachel. Guess what? That disappointed me too.

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ghostisalive's review against another edition

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challenging emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

once again colleen smashed this . it was incredible. i will say it was a bit repetitive and some characters lacked depth , but honestly i think that might just have to do with the fact that i read it in one evening so i wasn't focused on smaller details. also i had seen some spoilers which made me maybe not enjoy some of the parts which i would've simple because i knew what was coming. overall i would still recommend it though and it really did enjoy it .<3

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