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sugarcubes01's review against another edition
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
reflective
sad
tense
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
4.75
ashleighyoung's review against another edition
5.0
10/10 - this is when I was like yeah colleen hoover, take all of my money, THIS BOOK, fantastic, it definitely has mixed reviews online but I am team yes this was fantastic, also both mother & I showed up to STL reading this book so that was fun because tbh the steam was STEAMY, but yes check it out, definitely worth it, also I went into it knowing nothing other than colleen hoover so that’s what I will leave y’all with
skylar_hill's review against another edition
emotional
funny
hopeful
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? It's complicated
5.0
dreaminthepages's review against another edition
2.0
Oh gosh I really did not enjoy this book! I was so close to DNFing at many points but I felt I had to finish it and needed to know what happened to Rachel and then I had to read the rest as it was only a few more pages but I sort of forced myself to!
I can see why this may be popular amongst a younger audience/ tiktokers and I may have enjoyed it somewhat more in my late teens/early twenties but as a 30 year old who mostly enjoys thrillers and literature fiction I just found it wayy too unrealistic and cringe! The lines the characters said were very cringe and movie-like and I just much more lean towards realistic plots and dialogue, unless i'm reading fantasy. I felt like mixing the sex elements with the underlying story did not work well at all and it made the book such a drag. It was like CoHo was trying to make two differemt worlds work. Also I don't mind sex scenes but these were way too cringe and brought the prude out in me!
I was debating whether to give this a 1 star or 2 but for some reason settled on 2 - I think I appreciated some of the other characters like Cap and maybe Corbin (although him being an over protective adult brother over his adult sister for no apparent reason was questionable....does any adult sibling behave this way?! Miles isn't even a shady bad guy so wth Corbin?! Grown ups accept things like this)...anyway I digress...I still liked seeing the male friendships and the interactions with Cap and partocularly liked that end scene with Miles taking Cap and Tate on that sunrise plane ride.
CoHo seems to have a mixed bag of books as have enjoyed 2 of her other works previously but after reading this I think I will have to donate this and Layla (even though have not read it but get similar vibes so don't really want to waste my time). Its just wrong timing for me to be reading these!
Overall just not my cup of tea and need to rinse it out with a much better read as soon as I can!
I can see why this may be popular amongst a younger audience/ tiktokers and I may have enjoyed it somewhat more in my late teens/early twenties but as a 30 year old who mostly enjoys thrillers and literature fiction I just found it wayy too unrealistic and cringe! The lines the characters said were very cringe and movie-like and I just much more lean towards realistic plots and dialogue, unless i'm reading fantasy. I felt like mixing the sex elements with the underlying story did not work well at all and it made the book such a drag. It was like CoHo was trying to make two differemt worlds work. Also I don't mind sex scenes but these were way too cringe and brought the prude out in me!
I was debating whether to give this a 1 star or 2 but for some reason settled on 2 - I think I appreciated some of the other characters like Cap and maybe Corbin (although him being an over protective adult brother over his adult sister for no apparent reason was questionable....does any adult sibling behave this way?! Miles isn't even a shady bad guy so wth Corbin?! Grown ups accept things like this)...anyway I digress...I still liked seeing the male friendships and the interactions with Cap and partocularly liked that end scene with Miles taking Cap and Tate on that sunrise plane ride.
CoHo seems to have a mixed bag of books as have enjoyed 2 of her other works previously but after reading this I think I will have to donate this and Layla (even though have not read it but get similar vibes so don't really want to waste my time). Its just wrong timing for me to be reading these!
Overall just not my cup of tea and need to rinse it out with a much better read as soon as I can!
seymone's review against another edition
4.0
I really enjoyed the storyline. I will look into Colleen's other novels
alexis_gurke's review against another edition
5.0
This is my first Colleen Hoover book and I loved every freakin minute of it. Ugh Tate and Miles and the whole story are just to good for words. I highly recommend
princessjj14's review against another edition
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
4.0