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kaullan's review against another edition
5.0
*5 stars*
just do yourself a favor and don't read this book. you will never know peace
just do yourself a favor and don't read this book. you will never know peace
maddibowers's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
sad
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
dsimon22's review against another edition
4.0
This was a great but emotional read. It’s a great love story with heart wrenching moments. For a little bit I was worried it was going to be too depressing of a story but the way it ended gave me such a love for the entire story and book!! The only thing missing was that I had one unanswered question that I felt she could e honestly into in the epilogue
monstakroete's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.25
heathergornalll's review against another edition
3.0
I read this book after reading It Ends With Us and Layla by Colleen Hoover, so i had very high expectations and it did not fail to reach them. It does start out a little slow but it’s realistic - the book picks up a bit of pace and is 1000% worth the read, would recommend.
Warning! apparently you should read the hopeless series first as theirs minor character lay overs but i didn’t and i don’t think it made much of a difference. Can be read as standalone.
Warning! apparently you should read the hopeless series first as theirs minor character lay overs but i didn’t and i don’t think it made much of a difference. Can be read as standalone.
blurrypetals's review against another edition
5.0
I am absolutely wrecked, wrung out, overwrought. Tears are running down my face and have been almost all night as I listened to this book. It's been three whole years and whole ton of books since I first discovered Colleen Hoover in 2015 when I read Ugly Love and, ever since then, I've been hooked on this puzzlingly unique brand of romance and heartache she produces. I always jokingly (kind of jokingly) refer to the twists and heartstring-pulls in her writing as the Colleen Hoover Gut Punch™ because, most of the time, when something big happens in her stories to her couples, it feels like you have, quite literally, been punched in the stomach and like the universe is laughing at you for expecting not to get punched in the solar plexus tonight, and so I start crying because I'm a big baby and yes, I'm a dummy for not being fully prepared to have my heart to get stomped on tonight.
I genuinely thought I was ready for whatever Colleen Hoover could dish out after the complete and total pain train that was It Ends With Us. I thought I was prepared for this. I was wrong; I was not.
The struggles in Graham's and Quinn's marriage really got under my skin, making me ache and sympathize with them almost immediately. The contrast between the "then" and "now" segments made the past simultaneously nostalgic and sweet as well as melancholy and blue. In particular, their issues with having people ask when they were going to have kids were some of the tougher parts to read, because I know that's a problem so many couples run into, whether they truly can't have children or simply choose not to.
Everything was just too much. This book broke me in half over its knee. Go read it, it won't make you feel like you're witnessing your parents' divorce in excruciating detail, I promise. No, but really, go read it. It's incredible. It's a got all the things that makes Colleen Hoover one of my favorite authors and my all time favorite romance with a twist author.
Unrelated addendum: This book was narrated by someone named Madeleine Maby and I'm at least 99% certain Madeleine Maby and Grace Grant (who narrated Tate's chapters for Ugly Love and has stolen my heart every time I've had the pleasure of listening to her voice) are the same person. I've made jokes before about how Shannon McManus (One of Us Is Lying, Lola and the Boy Next Door) and Callie Dalton (Walk the Edge, The Wall of Winnipeg and Me) are actually secretly the same person, but I would actually eat my hat if Grace Grant and Madeleine Maby are not the same person. My only plausible guess is, if they are the same person (which, as we've established, I've bet against my own digestive system they are one and the same) that, perhaps, it might be because Grant focuses more on smutty, predominantly romance-oriented things while Maby's catalog might focus more on romances that tackle tougher subjects and thus, a pen name, trying to create a brand for each of the names. I genuinely don't understand it if they are the same person, especially since, as we've established, Grace Grant and Madeleine Maby have both narrated for Colleen Hoover and, not just any old Colleen Hoover, but also the most sexually explicit books of Colleen's.
If you have any information or proof that pertains to Grace Grant and Madeleine Maby being the exact same person, please let me know, because I can't find any evidence that would prove or disprove what I'm saying.
I genuinely thought I was ready for whatever Colleen Hoover could dish out after the complete and total pain train that was It Ends With Us. I thought I was prepared for this. I was wrong; I was not.
The struggles in Graham's and Quinn's marriage really got under my skin, making me ache and sympathize with them almost immediately. The contrast between the "then" and "now" segments made the past simultaneously nostalgic and sweet as well as melancholy and blue. In particular, their issues with having people ask when they were going to have kids were some of the tougher parts to read, because I know that's a problem so many couples run into, whether they truly can't have children or simply choose not to.
Everything was just too much. This book broke me in half over its knee. Go read it, it won't make you feel like you're witnessing your parents' divorce in excruciating detail, I promise. No, but really, go read it. It's incredible. It's a got all the things that makes Colleen Hoover one of my favorite authors and my all time favorite romance with a twist author.
Unrelated addendum: This book was narrated by someone named Madeleine Maby and I'm at least 99% certain Madeleine Maby and Grace Grant (who narrated Tate's chapters for Ugly Love and has stolen my heart every time I've had the pleasure of listening to her voice) are the same person. I've made jokes before about how Shannon McManus (One of Us Is Lying, Lola and the Boy Next Door) and Callie Dalton (Walk the Edge, The Wall of Winnipeg and Me) are actually secretly the same person, but I would actually eat my hat if Grace Grant and Madeleine Maby are not the same person. My only plausible guess is, if they are the same person (which, as we've established, I've bet against my own digestive system they are one and the same) that, perhaps, it might be because Grant focuses more on smutty, predominantly romance-oriented things while Maby's catalog might focus more on romances that tackle tougher subjects and thus, a pen name, trying to create a brand for each of the names. I genuinely don't understand it if they are the same person, especially since, as we've established, Grace Grant and Madeleine Maby have both narrated for Colleen Hoover and, not just any old Colleen Hoover, but also the most sexually explicit books of Colleen's.
If you have any information or proof that pertains to Grace Grant and Madeleine Maby being the exact same person, please let me know, because I can't find any evidence that would prove or disprove what I'm saying.
hapikbear's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
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? It's complicated
5.0
bryngee57's review against another edition
sad
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes