Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

Ugly Love by Colleen Hoover

92 reviews

katdaemonlover's review against another edition

emotional sad fast-paced

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

3.5

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, and Car accident

maddysoup's review against another edition

emotional fast-paced

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

3.75

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

Minor: Cancer, Chronic illness, Blood, and Abortion

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

---

Content Warnings

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

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

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

laurelscout's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Death, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Pregnancy, and Gaslighting

trycerabel's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-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

5.0

---

Content Warnings

Minor: Child death, Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Car accident, Pregnancy, and Abandonment

maddie79's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

3.5

---

Content Warnings

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

livelaugholviia's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad fast-paced

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

4.0

---

Content Warnings

Minor: Death, Emotional abuse, Car accident, and Pregnancy

alexafuson's review against another edition

fast-paced

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

3.0

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. 

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Emotional abuse

antoinettem04's review against another edition

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

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Sexual content, and Sexual violence

Minor: Child abuse, Child death, and Emotional abuse

jodieworton's review against another edition

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 🔆

Review
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!

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death

Minor: Emotional abuse