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Uma segunda chance by Colleen Hoover

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laurynsmith's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad fast-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

“Grudges are heavy, but for the people hurting the most, I suppose forgiveness is even heavier.”

This book was sad and complicated, but so so good. I was kind of skeptical about these characters and the situation when I was first reading (not to mention insta-love is not my favorite) but by the end I was completely in love and rooting for their happy ending. And that is Colleen Hoover at her finest—she writes stories that make you question so many things and realize that not every situation is so black and white. Ledger may also be my favorite book boyfriend she’s ever written…like I said before it took a little for me to get out of the whole insta-love thing at the beginning but seeing him interact with Diem was everything I needed to know. AND THE PLAYLIST AT THE END!!! As soon as it was mentioned in the book, I was dying to know what the songs were—I swear if it wasn’t included I was going to throw hands so thank goodness I didn’t have to 💗

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natalieunread's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful reflective sad 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

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areiss11036's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional hopeful sad fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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marcelas_'s review against another edition

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emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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beca_reads's review against another edition

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emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.5

This is definitely the best Colleen Hoover Book I have read thus far, non of her other books have made me feel emotional in anyway, though this manged to move me to tears near the end. We follow Kenna who has been in prison for the last five years, for manslaughter of her boyfriend Scotty. While in Prison Kenna gave birth to her daughter Diem. Once she is out of prison she makes it her mission to be reunited with her daughter, but she knows this will not be easy as her rights as a parent have been terminated, and her daughter now lives with Scotty's parents. Kenna moves into the local area and sparks a relationship with bar manager Ledger, this relationship becomes more and more complex the more they learn about each other and the secret's they are both hiding. This book carefully interweaves letters that Kenna writes to Scotty, and reveals a look into her past relationship, and what truly happened that fatal night. The book is solely character driven, which I'm not usually a fan of, but it works perfectly at making you fully understand the intentions of the character's and the depths of their personalities, which you don't typically get in a plot/character driven book, this makes the end of the book feel so intimate and made me cry which I don't usually do.
On the other hand I do an issue with some of the language used within the book. This being how Colleen Hoover referred to the disabled toilet; where she used highly out of date language to refer to this. I feel that this was easily avoidable and unnecessary with basic research. Coming from someone who is disabled there is no harm in using the word disabled.

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mrsschreave's review against another edition

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emotional inspiring lighthearted sad fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

amazing. phenomenal.

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nicolesreadingbooks's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

Yeah um my heart broke in this one too like Colleen Hoover really is the queen of breaking hearts and piecing back our fragile hearts together. I teared up at several points of this book and seeing the relationship between Kenna and Ledger's change and grow. Also the writing is beautiful as always.

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