Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

O lado feio do amor by Colleen Hoover

204 reviews

mels_reading_log's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

He has a past, it’s dark and he doesn’t want to ever experience anything like that again. So he will not date or be involved with anyone in a romantic way, because that leads to love and he can’t do that again either. But when Tate moves in across the hall he can’t stay away. So they agree to a situationship, just sex, no talking about the past or the future. 
This book was good!! I love a story that makes me feel something and this one broke my heart and pieced it together again.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Sexual content, and Grief

Moderate: Child death

Minor: Pregnancy, Medical content, Death of parent, Death, Cancer, Alcohol, Violence, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

lauraelovesbooks's review against another edition

emotional 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

Reread in 2024. A compulsively readable, messy story of the ugly parts of loving someone and letting them love you back. I will admit I found myself more frustrated with this book the second time around, particularly with Miles and the dissonance between his words and actions (which is the entire point of this book, but it just didn’t land the same way for me re-reading it) 

I would have really loved to see more of Miles working on himself outside of the relationship and working with a professional. Everything wrapped up so magically and cleanly here.

All that said, I still really enjoy reading this book and the part of me that relishes reading about messy relationships is certainly satisfied (The “just finish” scene lives in my brain rent free) 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Toxic relationship, Grief, and Car accident

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Alcohol and Injury/Injury detail

tierraskye's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Toxic relationship, Car accident, Child death, Grief, Death, and Pregnancy

allerssi's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective relaxing sad tense medium-paced

0.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Alcoholism, Adult/minor relationship, Hate crime, Death of parent, Sexual assault, Incest, Stalking, Cannibalism, Child death, Abortion, Bullying, Miscarriage, Death, Child abuse, Addiction, Sexual violence, Pedophilia, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Ableism, Rape, Pregnancy, Physical abuse, Misogyny, Grief, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Kidnapping, Domestic abuse, Car accident, and Abandonment

onaylovesbooks's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death and Death of parent

chandra_kiran's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

like all colleen hoover books..... it's gripping, enticing, made me sob like a baby, but it's also overflowing with sexism, toxic relationships, pregnancy tropes, and is often described as "trauma porn" which I have to agree with. I seem to keep reading her books out of morbid curiosity and end up with the same result each time- I cry a lot, I have to find out how the story ends, and I'm usually livid by the time the book is over. Also, I need to know WHY the step sibling forbidden love plot was necessary. It added absolutely zero substance to the story and just made it slightly nauseating to read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Death of parent, Toxic relationship, Car accident, Misogyny, Emotional abuse, Death, Sexism, Pregnancy, and Child death

agapemanning's review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Car accident, and Child death

marionlundqvist's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Child death, Car accident, Death, Death of parent, Toxic relationship, and Pregnancy

adriso's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful reflective sad 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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Car accident, Child death, and Death of parent

Minor: Incest

Look, this is my first Colleen Hoover book. I love the dynamic between Tate and Miles. Fine with Tate as a character even though she is a lot more shallow and superficial compared to Miles. I'm honestly thinking I must have missed a whole lot of her backstory now that I'm done with the book. I absolutely hate this 6-years ago bullshit flashback that we get from Miles up until the very end. I get it the book might be, however you wish to look at it, critiquing or glorifying teenage pregnancy, but it's done in such a weird ~ugly~ way. All this step-sibling shit was just not what I wanted to get from the book. The smut factor is fine if you like reading for the spice, theres more than enough and it contributes to the plot. Love the book for the spice, except for the step-sibling stuff, like come on.

destinynichole11's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense fast-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Medical content, Death, Grief, Cursing, Death of parent, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Medical trauma, Cancer, Car accident, Blood, Child death, and Alcohol