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giuliaathenalombardo's review against another edition
dark
emotional
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
This book genuinely broke me.
Miles backstory was so emotional and the contrast between his behaviour in the past with Rachel and his attitude in the present with Tate is so clear that you could tell he had lived through something extremely traumatic. I don't condone the way that Miles treated Tate, with so much much disrespect, but I am aware of the complexities of his character and situation and so I am sorry to say that I am a Miles apologist. I thought his ending was very satisfying and the closure he got was important to his character development and his relationship with Tate. The fact that throughout the flashbacks with Rachel his thoughts were written in a poetic structure, which then disappears when he loses his child, and then in the final chapters written from his perspective, when his relationship with Tate is salvaged, this poetic structure returns and the reader is reassured that what he feels for Tate is just as strong as, if not stronger, than what he felt for Rachel. That made me feel a lot more secure to be honest.
Miles backstory was so emotional and the contrast between his behaviour in the past with Rachel and his attitude in the present with Tate is so clear that you could tell he had lived through something extremely traumatic. I don't condone the way that Miles treated Tate, with so much much disrespect, but I am aware of the complexities of his character and situation and so I am sorry to say that I am a Miles apologist. I thought his ending was very satisfying and the closure he got was important to his character development and his relationship with Tate.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child death, Sexual content, and Cursing
Moderate: Toxic relationship
Minor: Suicidal thoughts
arys_library's review against another edition
3.0
Not my favorite Colleen Hoover book but it was still decent. It was a fun read at first but as you think a little more the more you realize it wasn’t as great as you think. I just feel like the character traits and growth was inconsistent and that really messed with the plot. For example, (no spoilers don’t worry) Miles, one of the main characters used grief and panic as an excuse for many many things that shouldn’t have an excuse. Grief is very prominent in this book but other characters simply forgave and moved on. It was never addressed as how badly certain actions hurt others or how people and actions/things needed to change. And this book would have been liked more if that had changed. Other than that I like the two main characters relationship towards the end. But in the beginning again, their relationship felt uncomfortable. Like somehow manipulation or gaslighting was involved, even though it was never directly stated or somewhat brought up. Maybe it was just me that felt uncomfortable by parts of their relationship, but I didn’t like many parts of it which made my liking for the book go down. It wasn’t a horrible book, just don’t one of my favorites.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Toxic relationship, Child death, Death, Grief, Mental illness, and Sexual content
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Cursing, Medical content, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Car accident, and Suicidal thoughts
Minor: Abandonment and Alcoholism
kathrinellis's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
reflective
sad
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
This is my new favourite book.
Everything made sense, the ending was just perfect and you could really experience the growth of the characters. The story gave me butterflies as well as several streams of tears running down my face. Colleen Hoover never disappoints. Hopefully, I‘ll always remember my first time reading this.
Everything made sense, the ending was just perfect and you could really experience the growth of the characters. The story gave me butterflies as well as several streams of tears running down my face. Colleen Hoover never disappoints. Hopefully, I‘ll always remember my first time reading this.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Grief, Alcoholism, Child death, Death of parent, Medical content, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, Blood, Cancer, Emotional abuse, Car accident, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, and Violence
whatindiaread's review against another edition
emotional
funny
hopeful
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
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Car accident, Cursing, Death, Grief, and Child death
jil_m's review against another edition
emotional
funny
hopeful
reflective
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
review Ugly Love
I was critical at the start but the story took all my doubts away.
Short summary
The city of nice apartments, adorable people at the elevator and hot pilots. Very hot pilots. Very kind, warm pilots across the hallway. if you'd ask Tate how San Fransisco is, this is probably the answer she will give you. Tate is a learning nurse but working and studying isn't her main priority anymore. After moving in her brother's (Corbin) apartment, she found out that love is not always the way it is portrait in movies. Miles, the friendly, mysterious neighbor and simultaneously the Corbin's best friend. He had a past which he cannot move on from, however, Tate might be able to make this a lot easier. After all, it is easier to fly than to fall in love.
My thoughts (no detailed spoilers)
Colleen definitely know something about writing. Her use of perspectives and time jumping was quite intriguing, it made you even more excited about the character's story. And oh my lord, the way this romance is written was absolutely amazing. Hearts were broken, mend, shattered and melt together. Though I must say, I missed quite the adventure there wasn't much going on beside Tate and Miles. Which, in this plot, might fit better than others but there certainly was a lack of side plots, however, that might just be my opinion. Same with the ending of the book. I guess it could've been a bit more detailed and slower-paced. Especially since I have acknowledged how Colleen is capable of doing a great job at detailed and precise writing.
therefore, a 4,5 and not a 5 stars read.
I was critical at the start but the story took all my doubts away.
Short summary
The city of nice apartments, adorable people at the elevator and hot pilots. Very hot pilots. Very kind, warm pilots across the hallway. if you'd ask Tate how San Fransisco is, this is probably the answer she will give you. Tate is a learning nurse but working and studying isn't her main priority anymore. After moving in her brother's (Corbin) apartment, she found out that love is not always the way it is portrait in movies. Miles, the friendly, mysterious neighbor and simultaneously the Corbin's best friend. He had a past which he cannot move on from, however, Tate might be able to make this a lot easier. After all, it is easier to fly than to fall in love.
My thoughts (no detailed spoilers)
Colleen definitely know something about writing. Her use of perspectives and time jumping was quite intriguing, it made you even more excited about the character's story. And oh my lord, the way this romance is written was absolutely amazing. Hearts were broken, mend, shattered and melt together. Though I must say, I missed quite the adventure there wasn't much going on beside Tate and Miles. Which, in this plot, might fit better than others but there certainly was a lack of side plots, however, that might just be my opinion. Same with the ending of the book. I guess it could've been a bit more detailed and slower-paced. Especially since I have acknowledged how Colleen is capable of doing a great job at detailed and precise writing.
therefore, a 4,5 and not a 5 stars read.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Car accident, Child death, Grief, Sexual content, Pregnancy, and Medical content
Moderate: Alcohol, Cursing, Death of parent, Vomit, Alcoholism, Death, and Child death
Minor: Physical abuse, Blood, Mental illness, and Cancer
bookishlyem's review against another edition
dark
emotional
inspiring
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Cursing, Sexual content, Death of parent, Grief, Car accident, Child death, and Pregnancy
aliceloyallaleon's review against another edition
dark
emotional
reflective
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
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Grief, Pregnancy, Car accident, Cursing, Incest, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Sexual content, Terminal illness, and Toxic relationship
diana_tatarenko's review against another edition
emotional
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Content Warnings
Graphic: Car accident, Child death, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, and Sexual content
cluckieduck's review against another edition
emotional
sad
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
“Love isn’t always pretty…Sometimes you spend all your time hoping it’ll eventually be something different. Something better. Then, before you know it, you’re back to square one, and you lost your heart somewhere along the way.”
Ugly Love was utterly captivating and once I started, I just couldn’t put it down and finished it in one sitting. The alternating POVs with the past (Miles) & present (Tate) really rounded out the story/narration. It’s absolutely heartbreaking, but I was happy with how it ended for both Tate & Miles.
Ugly Love was utterly captivating and once I started, I just couldn’t put it down and finished it in one sitting. The alternating POVs with the past (Miles) & present (Tate) really rounded out the story/narration. It’s absolutely heartbreaking, but I was happy with how it ended for both Tate & Miles.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Cursing, Child death, Car accident, and Sexual content
Minor: Alcohol and Infidelity
neaky__'s review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Things I liked:
• The parallels between the past relationship and the current relationship.
• The structure of how the past relationship is set out in the chapters.
• I actually liked the development of the past relationship more than the current relationship.
Things I didn’t like:
• The main lead and love interest spent no time together aside from sex before deciding that they loved each other.
• Neither character was really special, I felt like I had read the character a million times.
• Love interest treated the main lead like shit and was forgiven completely in the end just because of his revealed back story.
• I’m sick of books using “tortured tragic male with horrifying backstory” as a main leading plot device.
• The parallels between the past relationship and the current relationship.
• The structure of how the past relationship is set out in the chapters.
• I actually liked the development of the past relationship more than the current relationship.
Things I didn’t like:
• The main lead and love interest spent no time together aside from sex before deciding that they loved each other.
• Neither character was really special, I felt like I had read the character a million times.
• Love interest treated the main lead like shit and was forgiven completely in the end just because of his revealed back story.
• I’m sick of books using “tortured tragic male with horrifying backstory” as a main leading plot device.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Medical trauma, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Panic attacks/disorders, Car accident, Child death, and Death
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Cursing, Grief, and Sexual violence