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Hopeless by Colleen Hoover

27 reviews

cortlandhilla's review against another edition

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

3.75

I honestly thought that Holden was going to be the bad guy. In some ways he was, but not like your typical narcissist who plays the girl to make her fall in love with him. Now, do I agree that he hid all that information from Sky (Hope)? No. But I can see why. Also, it’s a book lol. Colleen Hoover can make any character do what she wants for any reason. 

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charlie29's review against another edition

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dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense fast-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? It's complicated

5.0

  
  absolutely adored it, couldn’t put it down!!! definitely, one of the most messed up CoHo books but liked the subplot. this book had me screaming, crying, loving, everything. at one point the plot twists just didn't stop coming, like literally every other page there would be a pot twist
 

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hiraeth_'s review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

0.25

i don't even know where to start with this book. one thing is sure and that is that i need a break from colleen hoover books, i can't do it anymore.

i honestly don't even want to go into it because it's mostly the usual stuff wrong with her books - problematic display of relationships and mental illnesses, toxic masculinity, token non-straight characters, her trying to be funny but failing, the mc being not like other girls etc. i know it's one of her earlier works but it's honestly scary how she hasn't changed/learned from some things. and can you imagine this being marketed as a young adult novel?? with very triggering sexual content, abuse, suicide etc.?? reading this was a roller coaster of being weirded out, cringing, rolling my eyes and just getting angry. especially the last quarter is just pure trauma porn and i almost dnf'ed it. wtf colleen.

do not recommend. 🙃

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a_alves00's review against another edition

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

5.0


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prettybaddieb's review against another edition

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dark emotional sad tense 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

5.0


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jayenidd's review against another edition

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dark sad slow-paced

4.0


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morgan001's review against another edition

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challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-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

4.75

Amazing!!!!!!
Loved this book, this book kept me going 
It’s got a emotional back story on it, however for me, I have cried to Colleen hoover books more than this one for some reason 
The topics was very emotional and I don’t know why I only shedded a year, but nether the less it was a amazing book, amazing story, so sad and you won’t put it down until u have finished reading 
I loved the ending of this
And I love dean holder… 
I also love sky
I hate the dad( for very obvious reasoning) 
And, I can’t lie, I do love Karen , even if she did
kidnap sky, it was to protect her from her father.
Although In the middle, we kind of forgot about our best friends  in the book

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romanysky's review against another edition

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emotional sad fast-paced
  • 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

4.25


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olivia_stoney's review against another edition

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

5.0

I loved this book! I did suspect some things at the beginning, but the twist really got to me. Definitely should check trigger warnings before reading, but it was such a good book! CoHo has done it again!

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risseandshine's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced
  • 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

4.5

4.5 "I live you" stars!

Listen. I was SO. CLOSE. to completely giving up on this book. Literally 150 or so pages in I had no idea where this story was supposed to go. I found myself rolling my eyes at every supposedly interaction Sky and Holder had because I thought that the romance was too abrupt and I was not convinced.

But then the plot started picking up and oh my god. 

Continuing with this book was one of the best decisions I have ever made. Seriously. There were a lot of moments where I wanted to keep on turning the page to know what happens next but I also wanted to stop to take a breather because the scene was too heavy for my poor fragile heart to handle. This book will tear your heart to pieces one minute, then will put it back together again with the most hopeful and inspiring quotes, then it will break your heart again. Long story short, this was one heck of a rollercoaster ride of so many emotions.

Also can we talk about how painfully underrated Sky and Holder are?????? When it comes to CoHo characters it's always Lily and Atlas (which I understand because they deserve the world) but SKY AND HOLDER????? THE POWER. THE STRENGTH. WE NEED TO SCREAM ABOUT THEM MORE.

I deducted 0.5 stars for 2 reasons:
1. Like I said, I wasn't the biggest fan of the first part.
2. Breckin. The forgotten bestest friend in the wide world. I felt like he was just there for the sake of being there. I wanted more of him! I feel like his character could have been a more prominent one.

So yah. This being my 4th CoHo further proves to me that yes, this woman is a fantastic storyteller; and yes, I might be a little bit addicted to her writing. To be frank, her books aren't the best, most amazing things I have ever read, but the way they hook you in inescapable. Once you're in, it's difficult to get out.

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