Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

Ugly Love by Colleen Hoover

33 reviews

caitlindoesntread's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring reflective sad slow-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

4.0

(SPOILERS !!)

Okay... so... the first like 70% of this book was... not good. sorry. But so much of it was just sex and the story wasn't progressing at all, we weren't learning anything about Miles' character and I was more interested in the Rachel storyline than the Tate one. I really really hated Miles throughout most of this book. He had no respect for Tate, he was rude asf, and he literally sexual abused her multiple times??? I didn't feel the chemistry between them, their dynamic was fucking strange. Did I cry for an hour straight reading this book? Yes, I did. Did I internally scream when Rachel revealed the name of her daughter? Yes, I did. Loved the ending but I can't get over Miles' character in the beginning bc it was incredibly strange and gross and misogynistic and IK ITS BC HE HAS TRAUMA but I can't get over it - he had no respect for Tate and I constantly felt like he was exploiting her for sex? bc he was. However, I gave it 4.25 stars bc I really liked the ending and Miles getting his closure. Okay.

xoxo, gossip girl.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Grief, Homophobia, Death, Child death, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Medical content, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Pregnancy, Sexism, Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Cancer, Car accident, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Minor: Bullying

hiddenwritings's review against another edition

mysterious medium-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Alcohol and Toxic relationship

Minor: Grief, Alcohol, Child death, and Medical content

caoimhsx's review against another edition

emotional mysterious sad fast-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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Minor: Sexual assault, Child death, Death, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Pregnancy

cannesi's review against another edition

fast-paced

1.0

I always have to give a star because any published author deserves to get some points back by just writing. All I have to say is it's beyond bizarre and I hated how some of the chapters were constructed.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Pregnancy, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Death, Cursing, Child death, Car accident, Blood, and Alcohol

boundforinfinity's review against another edition

emotional 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

4.75

A darn hard book to read. It made me shocked, a year 8 had been reading it in class and I'd said 'is this good? I'm thinking of reading it next'. God bless her this was not safe for work. It was smutty at its finest.

What I didn't expect was that you hated them both one for being in a toxic relationship and the other for being in an incestous one with his step-sister. And then they pull a hard-fast one at you at the end that cause you to fall in love with them.

I laughed, I cried, I gasped, I teared. 

Cons:
Too much incest.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Child death, Toxic relationship, Pregnancy, Medical content, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Car accident, and Death

bethy_joy's review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Sexual content, Child death, and Car accident

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Pregnancy, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, Cancer, Medical content, and Violence

reisingerovaa's review against another edition

emotional funny sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

read it till 5 am
this book tore my heart into pieces and put it back together

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Sexual content, Car accident, Cursing, Death of parent, Grief, and Pregnancy

Minor: Medical content and Incest

arys_library's review against another edition

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Child death, Death, Grief, Mental illness, and Sexual content

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Cursing, Medical content, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Car accident, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Abandonment and Alcoholism

lolaaareadss1's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

5.0

Again, this book was devastatingly sad and heartbreaking, but absolutely incredible. I loved this book so much. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Child death

Moderate: Medical content

Minor: Pregnancy

kathrinellis's review against another edition

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Alcoholism, Child death, Death of parent, Medical content, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, Blood, Cancer, Emotional abuse, Car accident, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, and Violence