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a_libra_library's review
dark
emotional
sad
tense
fast-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
4.0
Boyfriend Graham is wonderful, amazing, a solid book boyfriend
Husband Graham awful, horrible, immature and not a great husband.
I guess that fits with showing how couples grow and change over time and how it isn't always for the best. This does not have a HEA and everyone should check the triggers going into this book.
Husband Graham awful, horrible, immature and not a great husband.
I guess that fits with showing how couples grow and change over time and how it isn't always for the best. This does not have a HEA and everyone should check the triggers going into this book.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Toxic relationship, and Sexual content
Moderate: Sexual content, Body shaming, Infidelity, Self harm, Blood, Death of parent, Infertility, Miscarriage, and Toxic relationship
filipa_maia's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
hopeful
reflective
sad
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
4.75
I can never get tired of Colleen's writing. Her books are so passionate, so involving, they go straight to your heart and get stuck into your brain.
Once again Colleen give us a story about love and pain, and it make us think about how much pain can destroy a love story. Although I've never been in this situation (or met anyone going through a tough time like this) I felt every single emotion that both Quinn and Graham are going through. Since Quinn's feeling of failure to Graham's feeling of helplessness, everything is very clear and though through in this book. This could be a story about a miracle: a couple that after years and years finally gets the baby they always desire. But this is Colleen we are talking about, so I knew (right from the start) that it couldn't be that "easy". On the other hand, not every couple gets their miracle so, in a way, this book can be kinda conforting for those people.
Now, to my "not favorite part". Dear Lord! I didn't want to not like Quinn, but Colleen does not make that easy. She is perfectly aware that her marriage is falling apart, she knows exactly how she is contributing to that happening, and she just watches... I spent half of the story just being mad at her.
With that being said: this was another 5 star reading! Highly recommend!
Once again Colleen give us a story about love and pain, and it make us think about how much pain can destroy a love story. Although I've never been in this situation (or met anyone going through a tough time like this) I felt every single emotion that both Quinn and Graham are going through. Since Quinn's feeling of failure to Graham's feeling of helplessness, everything is very clear and though through in this book. This could be a story about a miracle: a couple that after years and years finally gets the baby they always desire. But this is Colleen we are talking about, so I knew (right from the start) that it couldn't be that "easy". On the other hand, not every couple gets their miracle so, in a way, this book can be kinda conforting for those people.
Now, to my "not favorite part". Dear Lord! I didn't want to not like Quinn, but Colleen does not make that easy. She is perfectly aware that her marriage is falling apart, she knows exactly how she is contributing to that happening, and she just watches... I spent half of the story just being mad at her.
With that being said: this was another 5 star reading! Highly recommend!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Infertility, Grief, and Miscarriage
Moderate: Toxic relationship, Infidelity, and Pregnancy
iiamyx's review
adventurous
challenging
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
lighthearted
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
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Infertility, Alcohol, Pregnancy, Toxic relationship, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Miscarriage, and Mental illness
kyamie__'s review
challenging
emotional
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
4.5
“Until then, I will continue to love you more and more with every struggle we face than I loved you when all was perfect.”
Honestly didn’t know what to expect when I started reading this. Apart from a quotable quote I found in booktok, I have no idea what this book was about or who the author is. All Your Perfects is not a book of about a perfect marriage. Contrary to its title, it’s an emotionally messy read about a married couple giving what’s left of them to put the broken pieces of their marriage together. Midway, I thought to myself, ‘it’s like I don’t want to get married at all!’, lol.
Throughout the book, the author presents the reality of some married couples go through—from complicated family ties, third party issues, and dealing with one another and life together. Colleen Hoover wrote the chapters as alternating perspectives of the ‘Then’ and ‘Now. It gave me the right amount of the backstory of the budding and young romance of the couple, to what their marriage has become. I enjoyed the blissful flashbacks, and how the struggling couple cling on to the love and commitment they had in the past. Colleen definitely DID NOT sugarcoat marriage in this one.
I admire how bare and unrefined Quinn’s character is, she’s not at all the typical trophy housewife. Throughout the book, her anger, frustration, and emotions were fully exposed and written. Graham, on the other hand, is an ideal man of patience, deep devotion to his wife, and understanding. But their marriage strips off their facade, slowly uncovering the real condition of their marriage, in which they are forced to face and finally deal with.
My takeaway: Committing to a person is committing to their wholeness and brokenness. Who they were then, who they are now, and who they’ll become. Real love is the capacity to love the unlovable, not in a compromising way, but because out of love you see the person far beyond their unlikeable traits. Not as a record of their past, nor the idea of the person you painted in your head. To love and accept a person as who they are now, means to also be prepared to love the unlovable in them. Loving might be easy, but making a relationship work requires more than love, it needs mutual effort and commitment (awwww!).
Marrying someone as they are is also marrying the person who they will become.
I would recommend this read for readers seeking for character-driven stories. Quinn and Graham really served to be lovable characters who have their fair share of imperfections, but eventually makes an effort to be better for the other. However, I gave this a 4/5 rating because the ‘resolution’ part felt a bit rushed. Overall, it’s a great read (I wouldn’t recommend it for a Valentine’s day read tho!).
Honestly didn’t know what to expect when I started reading this. Apart from a quotable quote I found in booktok, I have no idea what this book was about or who the author is. All Your Perfects is not a book of about a perfect marriage. Contrary to its title, it’s an emotionally messy read about a married couple giving what’s left of them to put the broken pieces of their marriage together. Midway, I thought to myself, ‘it’s like I don’t want to get married at all!’, lol.
Throughout the book, the author presents the reality of some married couples go through—from complicated family ties, third party issues, and dealing with one another and life together. Colleen Hoover wrote the chapters as alternating perspectives of the ‘Then’ and ‘Now. It gave me the right amount of the backstory of the budding and young romance of the couple, to what their marriage has become. I enjoyed the blissful flashbacks, and how the struggling couple cling on to the love and commitment they had in the past. Colleen definitely DID NOT sugarcoat marriage in this one.
I admire how bare and unrefined Quinn’s character is, she’s not at all the typical trophy housewife. Throughout the book, her anger, frustration, and emotions were fully exposed and written. Graham, on the other hand, is an ideal man of patience, deep devotion to his wife, and understanding. But their marriage strips off their facade, slowly uncovering the real condition of their marriage, in which they are forced to face and finally deal with.
My takeaway: Committing to a person is committing to their wholeness and brokenness. Who they were then, who they are now, and who they’ll become. Real love is the capacity to love the unlovable, not in a compromising way, but because out of love you see the person far beyond their unlikeable traits. Not as a record of their past, nor the idea of the person you painted in your head. To love and accept a person as who they are now, means to also be prepared to love the unlovable in them. Loving might be easy, but making a relationship work requires more than love, it needs mutual effort and commitment (awwww!).
Marrying someone as they are is also marrying the person who they will become.
I would recommend this read for readers seeking for character-driven stories. Quinn and Graham really served to be lovable characters who have their fair share of imperfections, but eventually makes an effort to be better for the other. However, I gave this a 4/5 rating because the ‘resolution’ part felt a bit rushed. Overall, it’s a great read (I wouldn’t recommend it for a Valentine’s day read tho!).
Content Warnings
Graphic: Infertility, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, and Pregnancy
Moderate: Medical content and Infidelity
Minor: Miscarriage
amiahslibrary's review
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
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? Yes
3.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Infertility, Miscarriage, and Toxic relationship
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