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Zurück ins Leben geliebt by Colleen Hoover

91 reviews

neaky__'s review against another edition

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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. 

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maggieed's review against another edition

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For me personally, I was not a fan of the sexual scenes in this book. They seemed  dragged out and overly descriptive, in my opinion. I think I could have pushed through and finished the book if I was more attached to the characters. I did not like the relationship between Miles and Tate, nor them as individual characters. I also wasn’t a big fan of the writing but the plot was quite fast-paced. That being said, I am not typically a romance reader so I can see why some people love this book. It just wasn’t for me as it’s not a genre I particularly enjoy. 

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breereadsalot_'s review against another edition

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emotional hopeful inspiring reflective 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

5.0

“i didnt fall in love with you, tate. i flew.” ILL NEVER RECOVER OH MY GOD.

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everythingordinary's review against another edition

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dark emotional 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

1.25


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ajoyn1201's review against another edition

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

4.0


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thelostbookmark22's review against another edition

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

4.75


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ashley_1206's review against another edition

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dark emotional funny reflective sad fast-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

4.5

MRS COLLEEN. mrs hoover, CoHo if you will. you hurt my feelings. like i cannot be safe EVER. 
it’s unexplainable the amount of shock was put into my reading of this book. 

okay so i buddy read this book right which always makes reading more fun. and let me tell you 90% of the book was an i hate miles rampage right. but that other 10% i SIMPED. i was on my knees i was the hopeless romantic we all know and love. 

everything was literal perfection. 
your comfort characters were perfect. mine was cap i will literally die for him. 
the povs had me gone.
the formatting of the writing. 
the italics.
the way everything connects.
THE TITLE LINE. 
the cover. 
the epilogue. 

yes yes yes. 4.5 because i’m a bitter woman who holds grudges iykyk <3

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shaindysaleman's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective tense 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

 I really enjoyed this one.

I have one glaring issue with it in that it sort of glorifies abusive relationships.

"Oh- he's made his intentions clear but I know what he really means and I know he really loves me" even though his actions beg to differ over and over and over. The book directly addresses this multiple times but it doesn't make it less true.

The edge this book was teetering toward in terms of glorifying abusive (not physically or even verbal but emotional) was too close for comfort for me.

I also think that the fact that they end up together sets up super unrealistic expectations. See? People like this could be changed; they just need to meet the right person.
I think that even though Tate loved Miles a lot, she should have walked away instead of putting up with that for so long. The romantic stage doesn't last forever and old habits die hard. His learning to forgive himself for causing the accident which led to his 2-day old's son's death and the termination of his relationship with his then-girlfriend and mother of said son does not mean everything is fixed inside him. He would still have behavior to unlearn (being closed off, having the mindset of his relationship with Tate was straightforward with no strings attached, etc.)
For that reason, this relationship sent so many alarm bells running through my brain.
Yes- Miles was very honest about the expectations he hoped to achieve with this no-strings-attached thing he had going on with Tate. Yes- Tate herself acknowledges throughout that she should be getting red flags going up in her brain and she doesn't deserve to be treated like this. She even says if this was some other guy, she wouldn't put up with it.

BUT IT STILL IS GOING ON!! EVEN THOUGH THE BOOK DIRECTLY ADDRESSES/ ACKNOWLEDGES IT! Doesn't fix it!! Thank you for coming to my TED talk.

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samantha_121234's review against another edition

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emotional lighthearted sad 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

5.0


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megan_alyssa's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful 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

I have been in such a bad reading slump and this book got me out of it! Omg the characters are amazing the emotional roller coaster, I love that for once in a book the male main characters shows emotions. I would recommend this book to anyone I can. The fact that it’s so beautiful but describing something so ugly is truly amazing! 

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