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Hopeless by Colleen Hoover

16 reviews

slut4_smut's review against another edition

dark sad medium-paced

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

0.5

This book should have a trigger warning list. 

I was waiting for Holden to hit her the entire book, and waiting for “Sky” to realize that she wasn’t experiencing lust for the first time but fight or flight. 

I then got to page 149 where something sinister comes to light and couldn’t read this book word for word anymore. I don’t know if it says something about the predictability but I was able to skip absolute chapters without missing a single important thing. 

Trauma as a plot device seems sloppy but I’m not an author.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual violence, Suicide, Sexual harassment, Incest, Death, Sexual assault, Pedophilia, Stalking, Rape, and Kidnapping

Minor: Child abuse, Alcoholism, Bullying, and Car accident

tish12's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring sad tense 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? It's complicated

4.0

I went in a but hesitant for this one not sure why. Cause I absolutely loved it. 
It began off slow and I was almost like , this is not for me and was finding it a bit on the boring side but I pushed through and glad I did as it picked up and  BOOM! . I was hooked. 
Very intense, I wanted to know more about Sky and her life what happened, how did this lead to that etc. And those reveals at the end omg. 
But my heart broke a couple of times and I just felt heavy. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Sexual harassment, Grief, Mental illness, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Blood, Abandonment, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, and Sexual assault

issibelle's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Child abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Cursing, Grief, Incest, Death of parent, Death, Kidnapping, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Gore, Sexual content, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, Rape, Suicide attempt, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, and Violence

cortlandhilla's review against another edition

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death of parent, Death, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Pedophilia, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicide, Alcoholism, Blood, Abandonment, Addiction, and Violence

minni_tree's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Addiction, Child death, Drug use, Grief, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, and Suicide

romanysky's review against another edition

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicide attempt, Car accident, Death of parent, Homophobia, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Kidnapping, Alcoholism, Gaslighting, Grief, Pedophilia, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Blood, Child abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, and Sexual harassment

siobhancotchin's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful sad tense 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? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Suicide, and Sexual assault

azelias's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Physical abuse

Minor: Sexual assault, Child abuse, Sexual harassment, and Kidnapping

liz_66855hghg97's review against another edition

dark sad medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Child abuse, Death of parent, Pedophilia, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Grief, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Sexual content and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Suicide

isabelv928's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense 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

4.0

Although I definitely saw parts of the ending coming, I didn't expect it to be quite so shocking. I was once again mind blown and heart aching over a Colleen Hoover book. 

I thought it was really well written, although I did think it was slightly less gripping than her other books.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, and Suicide

This book gets very intense, very quickly towards the end. I would take the content warnings and your current mental state into consideration when reading.