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Heart Bones by Colleen Hoover

29 reviews

nin3423's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

It had a few graphic sexual parts. Not a book for kids under 18. 

It was a good story line with good characters, but I felt had a lot of flaws. 
The characters age seemed too young to be a book for adults. They should have been older. I did like how the author conveyed not to judge a book by its cover and the examples and development of the characters showed that. Slight romanization of abuse. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content, Addiction, and Drug use

Minor: Abandonment and Sexual harassment

juicedragon's review against another edition

inspiring lighthearted mysterious medium-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Body shaming, and Drug abuse

Moderate: Sexual harassment

katierosecrane's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.75

I wasn't fully in love with the main characters. They seemed a little too juvenile for me.  The book had some tragic moments in them that were surprising, but honestly not my favorite Colleen Hoover book. I don't think I really felt the full connection the book was trying to project. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Addiction, Body shaming, Child abuse, Cursing, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, Drug abuse, Medical content, Physical abuse, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Grief, Death, Death of parent, Abandonment, Blood, Drug use, Alcohol, and Animal cruelty

lizziemarie01's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Addiction, and Death of parent

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Death of parent, Mental illness, Sexual harassment, Death, and Grief

Minor: Eating disorder and Abandonment

hkcooks's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad fast-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? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse

Moderate: Sexual harassment

kat_rowlen's review against another edition

hopeful inspiring lighthearted slow-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

4.0

A very good and entertaining romance! This book deals with pretty heavy topics so check trigger warnings! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Death of parent, Addiction, and Classism

Moderate: Alcohol, Eating disorder, and Sexual harassment

thackerleah's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Addiction, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, and Drug abuse

chai_and_books's review against another edition

emotional mysterious sad fast-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

3.0

I personally think this was one of Colleen Hoover's better stories. By no means was is perfect, but compared to her other work, it was easier to digest. I found Beyah to be an interesting main character in the sense that I could sympathize with her but some her decisions made no sense to me. Maybe that also had to do with the pacing of the book, it was too first at the start and dragged out in the middle and then everything was wrapped up in the last 20 pages. Samuel was our typical broody, mysterious man with demons from his past, so nothing out of the ordinary for Colleen Hoover. But his motives and actions made sense considering the circumstances he was put in (for the most part). At least he wasn't a walking talking red flag (minus the whole secrets part). One of my issues with this book is the lack of nuance and depth when it came to certain topics and themes in the story. It talked about people struggling with addictions, absent parents and how flawed the childcare system is among other issues, but they were all very surface level observations. I wish we explored Beyah's relationship with her mother more. Yes, I understand that she was absent for most of her life, but the resentment Beyah harbored was always told not shown. Her attachment to the Mother Teresa picture added some depth but it was never truly developed. I really liked Sara though. I enjoyed how they subverted the evil step-sister trope. The romance was cute, a little sudden and surface level for the most part but I went in knowing this, so I didn't hate too much. I ended up shedding a tear here and there, but only because I was having a sad day and decided to use this as a coping mechanism (go me!) 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Death of parent, and Grief

Moderate: Sexual harassment

jneverland's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Sexual harassment, Abandonment, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Death, Death of parent, Addiction, and Animal cruelty

kacieherbel's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content, Emotional abuse, Sexual harassment, Drug abuse, Drug use, Abandonment, Grief, Addiction, and Death of parent