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3.94 AVERAGE
3.94 AVERAGE
emotional
hopeful
tense
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Colleen Hoover books always grip me, and for that reason, I have to rate it highly. However, I don’t think this was her strongest work. It felt like something was missing.
I really loved the concept of confessions. I like how that linked to the end with his confession never being said BUT I also don’t think Auburn deserves having someone in her life who is hiding that from her and who is hiding the fact he’s wanted her for ages.
I really like the use of art throughout the book. I’m not artistic in the slightest and it’s something I cannot relate to yet I really enjoyed it. It brought so much depth to the character and so much meaning to the story. I loved the character Harrison- very underrated. A fantastic subplot character.
I think the justice was fantastic but I think I wanted a bigger downfall. For example, Lydia hating him and being a bigger part of Auburns life.
I love love love Owen. A fantastic well developed character. I really enjoyed him saving her and her saving him in multiple different ways. I liked the significance of everything in the story and how it all links together. It was deep, and it has raw story lines. The addiction story line was significant to add and emotional.
I really enjoyed the layers of this book. But it was a slow burner, I wish there was one more chapter at the end to show their life together with the son moving in or Harrison getting with her roommate or at least hearing about the story from them both as Owen never went back to fill him in. Idk there was just something missing but great book.
I really loved the concept of confessions. I like how that linked to the end with his confession never being said BUT I also don’t think Auburn deserves having someone in her life who is hiding that from her and who is hiding the fact he’s wanted her for ages.
I really like the use of art throughout the book. I’m not artistic in the slightest and it’s something I cannot relate to yet I really enjoyed it. It brought so much depth to the character and so much meaning to the story. I loved the character Harrison- very underrated. A fantastic subplot character.
I think the justice was fantastic but I think I wanted a bigger downfall. For example, Lydia hating him and being a bigger part of Auburns life.
I love love love Owen. A fantastic well developed character. I really enjoyed him saving her and her saving him in multiple different ways. I liked the significance of everything in the story and how it all links together. It was deep, and it has raw story lines. The addiction story line was significant to add and emotional.
I really enjoyed the layers of this book. But it was a slow burner, I wish there was one more chapter at the end to show their life together with the son moving in or Harrison getting with her roommate or at least hearing about the story from them both as Owen never went back to fill him in. Idk there was just something missing but great book.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Addiction, Child death, Sexual assault
emotional
hopeful
medium-paced
Here's my problem with Colleen Hoover books, Confess included. I love her writing and nearly every one of her books is so addicting that I can't stop reading. But then suddenly the book is over and I wanted more!
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Content Warnings
Moderate: Rape
{Chronique} https://voyageauboutdespages.blogspot.fr/2016/06/chronique-confess-de-colleen-hoover.html
Colleen Hoover est une auteur que j'affectionne tout particulièrement après avoir découvert Maybe Someday et Ugly Love si bien que je ne pouvais qu'être impatiente de me plonger dans un troisième roman de sa plume.
" Je t'aimerai toujours, même quand je ne pourrai plus."
Confess, c'est l'histoire d'Auburn, une jeune fille qui, lorsqu'elle avait 15 ans, a du supporter la mort de son premier amour et qui 5 ans plus tard décide de venir s'installer à Dallas. L'histoire s'ouvre sur ce personnage qui cherche à arrondir ses fins de mois et sur sa rencontre par hasard Owen Gentry, un jeune artiste qui l'embauche le temps d'une soirée dans sa galerie d'art. Mais rapidement, la relation des deux personnages évolue vers quelque chose de plus romancé alors que de nombreux secrets semblent faire obstacle à l'évolution de cette relation.
"Tu n'existes pas Dieu. Et si tu existais... Tu devrais avoir honte."
Encore une fois, Colleen Hoover nous propose une romance passionnée avec de nombreux rebondissements. Sa plume fluide et sa manière de construire son récit très rythmée rend la lecture très agréable et particulièrement addictive. L'intrigue est très entraînante et porte bien son titre dans la mesure où les principaux mystères reposent sur l'art de dire la vérité ou de garder des secrets. C'est une lecture émouvante qui nous fait passer rapidement du rire aux larmes mais le lecteur peut également ressentir de la peur, du dégoût ou encore de la compassion.
"Il y a les gens qu'on rencontre, dont on fait connaissance, et il y a ceux qu'on rencontre et qu'on connaissait déjà."
L'un des coups de maître de l'auteur est également de nous faire rencontrer des personnages fabuleux. Les deux protagonistes, Auburn et Owen sont très accessibles car ils sont humains et réalistes ce qui permet au lecteur de s'y identifier très facilement. La relation entre les deux personnages a quelque chose de très touchant, tant par leurs histoires respectives que par ce qui les rapproche alors même qu'Auburn n'est pas au courant. De la même manière, les personnages secondaires sont aussi bien exploités et j'ai apprécié d'être surprise par le père d'Owen notamment. Trey et Lydia sont également très bien dépeints et apportent réellement des éléments de compréhension et des rebondissements à l'histoire en renforçant par la même occasion sa richesse.
"Chaque jour de ma vie, j'ai l'impression de grimper à rebours un escalator qui descend."
En outre, je suis très admirative du talent de Colleen Hoover pour mélanger les arts. Dans Confess, l'auteur parvient à construire une intrigue sur un système de confessions qui aboutissent à la naissance de tableaux eux-mêmes visibles dans le livre sous la forme d'illustrations. Je garde également un excellent souvenir du travail musical fait en parallèle de Maybe Someday qui s'accorde parfaitement avec le talent d'écriture de CoHo.
"Elle serait choquée si elle savait combien son passé a pu affecter mon présent, mais je ne lui dirai jamais. Certains secrets sont faits pour être gardés. Je suis bien placé pour le savoir."
Néanmoins ce roman n'est pas un coup de cœur. C'est une excellente lecture et j'ai retrouvé avec grand plaisir la plume de CoHo mais je n'ai pas retrouvé l'intensité des émotions que j'ai pu ressentir pour Maybe Someday et Ugly Love. Je ne saurais expliquer quels éléments m'ont empêchée de retrouver ces émotions dans la mesure où le roman m'a énormément plu et demeure une excellente romance. Je pense qu'ayant déjà une certaine expérience avec des romances de cette auteur, je deviens exigeante mais ne vous méprenez pas, Confess est une romance addictive à découvrir.
Encore une fois, Colleen Hoover a réussi à me séduire à travers cette histoire à la croisée des chemins entre violence et tendresse, vérité et mensonge. C'est toujours un plaisir de se laisser porter par la plume de l'auteur dans des histoires d'amour vivantes et agrémentées par la présence d'autres arts (ici la peinture). Ce n'est pas un coup de cœur mais cela reste une excellente lecture.
Colleen Hoover est une auteur que j'affectionne tout particulièrement après avoir découvert Maybe Someday et Ugly Love si bien que je ne pouvais qu'être impatiente de me plonger dans un troisième roman de sa plume.
" Je t'aimerai toujours, même quand je ne pourrai plus."
Confess, c'est l'histoire d'Auburn, une jeune fille qui, lorsqu'elle avait 15 ans, a du supporter la mort de son premier amour et qui 5 ans plus tard décide de venir s'installer à Dallas. L'histoire s'ouvre sur ce personnage qui cherche à arrondir ses fins de mois et sur sa rencontre par hasard Owen Gentry, un jeune artiste qui l'embauche le temps d'une soirée dans sa galerie d'art. Mais rapidement, la relation des deux personnages évolue vers quelque chose de plus romancé alors que de nombreux secrets semblent faire obstacle à l'évolution de cette relation.
"Tu n'existes pas Dieu. Et si tu existais... Tu devrais avoir honte."
Encore une fois, Colleen Hoover nous propose une romance passionnée avec de nombreux rebondissements. Sa plume fluide et sa manière de construire son récit très rythmée rend la lecture très agréable et particulièrement addictive. L'intrigue est très entraînante et porte bien son titre dans la mesure où les principaux mystères reposent sur l'art de dire la vérité ou de garder des secrets. C'est une lecture émouvante qui nous fait passer rapidement du rire aux larmes mais le lecteur peut également ressentir de la peur, du dégoût ou encore de la compassion.
"Il y a les gens qu'on rencontre, dont on fait connaissance, et il y a ceux qu'on rencontre et qu'on connaissait déjà."
L'un des coups de maître de l'auteur est également de nous faire rencontrer des personnages fabuleux. Les deux protagonistes, Auburn et Owen sont très accessibles car ils sont humains et réalistes ce qui permet au lecteur de s'y identifier très facilement. La relation entre les deux personnages a quelque chose de très touchant, tant par leurs histoires respectives que par ce qui les rapproche alors même qu'Auburn n'est pas au courant. De la même manière, les personnages secondaires sont aussi bien exploités et j'ai apprécié d'être surprise par le père d'Owen notamment. Trey et Lydia sont également très bien dépeints et apportent réellement des éléments de compréhension et des rebondissements à l'histoire en renforçant par la même occasion sa richesse.
"Chaque jour de ma vie, j'ai l'impression de grimper à rebours un escalator qui descend."
En outre, je suis très admirative du talent de Colleen Hoover pour mélanger les arts. Dans Confess, l'auteur parvient à construire une intrigue sur un système de confessions qui aboutissent à la naissance de tableaux eux-mêmes visibles dans le livre sous la forme d'illustrations. Je garde également un excellent souvenir du travail musical fait en parallèle de Maybe Someday qui s'accorde parfaitement avec le talent d'écriture de CoHo.
"Elle serait choquée si elle savait combien son passé a pu affecter mon présent, mais je ne lui dirai jamais. Certains secrets sont faits pour être gardés. Je suis bien placé pour le savoir."
Néanmoins ce roman n'est pas un coup de cœur. C'est une excellente lecture et j'ai retrouvé avec grand plaisir la plume de CoHo mais je n'ai pas retrouvé l'intensité des émotions que j'ai pu ressentir pour Maybe Someday et Ugly Love. Je ne saurais expliquer quels éléments m'ont empêchée de retrouver ces émotions dans la mesure où le roman m'a énormément plu et demeure une excellente romance. Je pense qu'ayant déjà une certaine expérience avec des romances de cette auteur, je deviens exigeante mais ne vous méprenez pas, Confess est une romance addictive à découvrir.
Encore une fois, Colleen Hoover a réussi à me séduire à travers cette histoire à la croisée des chemins entre violence et tendresse, vérité et mensonge. C'est toujours un plaisir de se laisser porter par la plume de l'auteur dans des histoires d'amour vivantes et agrémentées par la présence d'autres arts (ici la peinture). Ce n'est pas un coup de cœur mais cela reste une excellente lecture.
3.5 stars
An original and intriguing love story that whetted my appetite, but unfortunately left me unfulfilled.
I couldn’t get my jumbled thoughts in order, so I recorded myself, and then transcribed them. Here they are:
I’ve been sitting on this review for a couple of days now, because I just didn’t know how I felt about this story. Actually, if I’m honest, I know how I felt about the story; I just didn’t like how I felt. In general, Confess left me underwhelmed.
I don’t mean that it a purely negative way. I mean that quite literally. I think that once again, even though I tried to avoid it, the hype killed it for me. I believe that even though Confess had all the right ingredients, I felt like something was missing from it. I felt like it was missing heart. I do think that it’s probably her best written work – technically. I liked the prose (especially in the beginning), and I saw her growth as a writer, but it still felt disingenuous to me. It didn’t feel true. I didn’t feel like I was reading a Colleen Hoover book, and I hate saying that, because I’m always saying that I want authors to try new things, and I try not to judge them on their previous work. I don’t think that I’m judging her on her previous work, I just think that this book felt like someone else wrote it. I started feeling that way about a 1/4 in, and I continued feeling that way for most of the story.
Let’s break down the plot: So, this story was about a Auburn and Owen. I will say that I was engaged in the beginning. I loved how they met. I was very much intrigued by the secrets they were both keeping. I loved the serendipitous element to their first meeting, and I really loved their chemistry early on. But something happened as the book went along…
I don’t know…I mean, obviously most of these romances are insta-love, although I don’t want to use that phrase, but I didn’t connect with their love story. I felt like all the words were there, but I just didn’t buy it, if I’m making any f*cking sense. I just didn’t connect.
I loved the premise. I loved that these were her most mature characters – even though it’s New Adult, this wasn’t the typical college romance. They had grown-up problems. I can’t give too much away, but I liked that Auburn had already experienced loss, and was struggling to rebuild her life after going though a truly, truly heartbreaking experience with her first love – but that’s another thing, I didn’t buy her love story with her first love either…I just think, overall, it felt like I was reading a story, and I wasn’t feeling a story, and that’s the worst to me.
…Owen experienced this intensely tragic event, and there didn’t seem to be any ripple effects with him, personally. I identified more with his father than I did him. There could’ve been more character development there. Similarly with Auburn, I understood that some of her actions were a result of the pain she experienced when she was younger, and she did do some dysfunctional stuff, but…I don’t know…the angst just wasn’t there. I wanted more emotion! It just didn’t rip me apart, and it could’ve, because these two experienced some pretty f*cking traumatic things.
The chemistry…it’s hard to explain these two together. I was so into them initially, but I lost interest somewhere in the middle of the book. I’m not quite sure what happened, and I sure as hell can’t pinpoint exactly what it was, other than just the quick progression of their relationship. But I’ve read other books that I loved with quick love, so that can’t be it. I did regain some interest towards the end, but then it was over, and I was sitting there like…um…I needed at least 50 more pages.
I don’t really know what I’m saying. I’m rambling. I think my overall feeling about Confess is that I didn’t feel it. I wanted more. I was so stoked about this concept, and I LOVED the art, and the confessions – actually, that’s another thing, I felt like Owen could’ve been this tortured artist, and he just wasn’t. It was just too light. That’s what it was. It just didn’t think this book had depth. To me. I think a lot of things were glossed over, a lot of stuff that could’ve made it so amazing, and it was just…I don’t know…I was given the Top 40 version. I need reality, and I need emotion. I need raw feeling.
As I said before, something of Colleen was missing. I didn’t feel her heart. Even in the dialogue…as I always explain to other readers, the reason why I love her books is because I love her voice. I LOVE her voice, and with Confess, I just didn’t feel like I heard her voice. I didn’t feel her voice…I don’t know…I’m not making any f*cking sense, but this is how I read books. That’s probably why it was so hard to maintain my attention…I mean, it’s not a bad book – I was entertained for the most part…I just wasn’t swept away. Yeah…
I obviously know that a lot of people are going to love it, and that I’ll probably end up in the minority once more readers devour this, so you can ignore my ass if you choose. In fact, definitely read it, and make up your own mind. I’m just sad and disappointed right now. I hate this feeling.
The story rates 3 stars for me, since I probably won’t reread it, but I loved the paintings, and I keep going back to look at them, so I’m rounding up my rating to 3.5.
An original and intriguing love story that whetted my appetite, but unfortunately left me unfulfilled.
I couldn’t get my jumbled thoughts in order, so I recorded myself, and then transcribed them. Here they are:
I’ve been sitting on this review for a couple of days now, because I just didn’t know how I felt about this story. Actually, if I’m honest, I know how I felt about the story; I just didn’t like how I felt. In general, Confess left me underwhelmed.
I don’t mean that it a purely negative way. I mean that quite literally. I think that once again, even though I tried to avoid it, the hype killed it for me. I believe that even though Confess had all the right ingredients, I felt like something was missing from it. I felt like it was missing heart. I do think that it’s probably her best written work – technically. I liked the prose (especially in the beginning), and I saw her growth as a writer, but it still felt disingenuous to me. It didn’t feel true. I didn’t feel like I was reading a Colleen Hoover book, and I hate saying that, because I’m always saying that I want authors to try new things, and I try not to judge them on their previous work. I don’t think that I’m judging her on her previous work, I just think that this book felt like someone else wrote it. I started feeling that way about a 1/4 in, and I continued feeling that way for most of the story.
Let’s break down the plot: So, this story was about a Auburn and Owen. I will say that I was engaged in the beginning. I loved how they met. I was very much intrigued by the secrets they were both keeping. I loved the serendipitous element to their first meeting, and I really loved their chemistry early on. But something happened as the book went along…
I don’t know…I mean, obviously most of these romances are insta-love, although I don’t want to use that phrase, but I didn’t connect with their love story. I felt like all the words were there, but I just didn’t buy it, if I’m making any f*cking sense. I just didn’t connect.
I loved the premise. I loved that these were her most mature characters – even though it’s New Adult, this wasn’t the typical college romance. They had grown-up problems. I can’t give too much away, but I liked that Auburn had already experienced loss, and was struggling to rebuild her life after going though a truly, truly heartbreaking experience with her first love – but that’s another thing, I didn’t buy her love story with her first love either…I just think, overall, it felt like I was reading a story, and I wasn’t feeling a story, and that’s the worst to me.
…Owen experienced this intensely tragic event, and there didn’t seem to be any ripple effects with him, personally. I identified more with his father than I did him. There could’ve been more character development there. Similarly with Auburn, I understood that some of her actions were a result of the pain she experienced when she was younger, and she did do some dysfunctional stuff, but…I don’t know…the angst just wasn’t there. I wanted more emotion! It just didn’t rip me apart, and it could’ve, because these two experienced some pretty f*cking traumatic things.
The chemistry…it’s hard to explain these two together. I was so into them initially, but I lost interest somewhere in the middle of the book. I’m not quite sure what happened, and I sure as hell can’t pinpoint exactly what it was, other than just the quick progression of their relationship. But I’ve read other books that I loved with quick love, so that can’t be it. I did regain some interest towards the end, but then it was over, and I was sitting there like…um…I needed at least 50 more pages.
I don’t really know what I’m saying. I’m rambling. I think my overall feeling about Confess is that I didn’t feel it. I wanted more. I was so stoked about this concept, and I LOVED the art, and the confessions – actually, that’s another thing, I felt like Owen could’ve been this tortured artist, and he just wasn’t. It was just too light. That’s what it was. It just didn’t think this book had depth. To me. I think a lot of things were glossed over, a lot of stuff that could’ve made it so amazing, and it was just…I don’t know…I was given the Top 40 version. I need reality, and I need emotion. I need raw feeling.
As I said before, something of Colleen was missing. I didn’t feel her heart. Even in the dialogue…as I always explain to other readers, the reason why I love her books is because I love her voice. I LOVE her voice, and with Confess, I just didn’t feel like I heard her voice. I didn’t feel her voice…I don’t know…I’m not making any f*cking sense, but this is how I read books. That’s probably why it was so hard to maintain my attention…I mean, it’s not a bad book – I was entertained for the most part…I just wasn’t swept away. Yeah…
I obviously know that a lot of people are going to love it, and that I’ll probably end up in the minority once more readers devour this, so you can ignore my ass if you choose. In fact, definitely read it, and make up your own mind. I’m just sad and disappointed right now. I hate this feeling.
The story rates 3 stars for me, since I probably won’t reread it, but I loved the paintings, and I keep going back to look at them, so I’m rounding up my rating to 3.5.
challenging
emotional
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated