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Out of Love by Hazel Hayes

17 reviews

kmcrossman's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders and Infidelity

Minor: Alcoholism, Biphobia, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, and Sexual harassment

readwithsophsx's review

emotional funny reflective slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Drug abuse, Alcoholism, Addiction, Suicide, and Sexual assault

skudiklier's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-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

5.0

This book was beautiful and heartbreaking and so emotionally true. I wondered how it would pull off taking you through a relationship backwards, from messy breakup to romantic meeting, but wow Hazel Hayes did it so well. After finishing it I went back and reread the first chapter just to feel it all over again, and notice all the little things I now had so much more context for. Out of Love is all bittersweet nostalgia and new perspectives, and I loved it so much. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, Miscarriage, Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol, Misogyny, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, and Mental illness

Moderate: Eating disorder, Lesbophobia, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Xenophobia, Physical abuse, Sexual harassment, Death, Biphobia, Grief, Gaslighting, Alcoholism, Vomit, Violence, Sexism, Pregnancy, and Car accident

Minor: Cancer, Medical content, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Racism, War, Child abuse, Suicide, Drug abuse, and Abortion

katiebennettwrites's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Alcoholism, and Biphobia

ariesbookmami's review

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage

Minor: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Mental illness, and Eating disorder

book_perk's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-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? It's complicated

3.0

 Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for providing me with a digital copy in exchange for an honest review. The concept of following a love story in reverse is extremely creative and intriguing. In the first few chapters the writing is absolutely phenomenal and I truly felt the heartbreak. Unfortunately, I found the remainder of the book a little dull and the characters to be lacking in depth. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, and Miscarriage

Minor: Child abuse, Drug abuse, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, and Sexism

annabarnardwright's review

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.5

I have followed Hazel Hayes online for years and was initially dubious about this book as the vast majority  of “Youtuber books” I’ve read have been absolutely terrible. However, it’s clear that Hazel is a genuinely talented author and this book was very well written! Overall I did enjoy it and am glad I read it.

I think I would have enjoyed it more if it didn’t already “know” Hazel, I found it impossible not to read the main character as Hazel herself because there were so many similarities, especially with the character’s name never being revealed. I often got distracted wondering if any scenes actually happened and if Theo was based on her public relationships with Jack Howard or Ollie Smyth, or both? I’ll be interested to see if Hazel can write another good book with a completely different main character.

The reverse story format was interesting. Although I hated Theo at the start, I’d forgotten why by the end and was starting to like him. I do think putting dates on each chapter would have helped the reader as I kept having to check back the start of the previous paragraph to remember where the story had picked up again. The book did drag on a bit, there were a lot of really detailed scenes that didn’t add anything to the plot.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness, Domestic abuse, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, and Physical abuse