Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

Confess by Colleen Hoover

60 reviews

tish12's review

emotional hopeful sad tense fast-paced

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

3.5

I liked this book it was good. Being an artist I like the concept of the art used in this book, Owen I think has won me over for a book crush. Hahahaha. 

The story itself was good, I felt it picked up just over half way , the first half I kept thinking haven't I just read this, it just felt repeatative.
 Auburn just felt flat to me the whole time through, I understand that she had so much going on but she was a very flat character for me again she didn't show her character until towards the end is when I started liking her. 

Overall it was a good colleen hoover read but placing in the middle of my rankings. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Alcohol, Death, Emotional abuse, Grief, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Mental illness, Pregnancy, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Blood, Car accident, and Sexual content

erika4america's review

emotional hopeful reflective tense fast-paced

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

5.0

I really liked this book. The main character and love interest (Owen) were very cringy to me at first (not a fan of 20 yr old MCs or broody artists that treat their previous girlfriends like dirt and only FMC is the one to change him) but they both redeemed themselves by about the middle of the book. 

I ended up falling in love with Owen after that scene in the shower where he reminds her she’s beautiful. I also loved the bit of them shopping the aisle at Target. It was original and cute and I found myself smiling stupidly to myself while I was reading.

 I absolutely LOVED the inclusion of visuals, especially that painting he drew of Auburn. It was so beautiful. And the idea of confessions is so cute too! I have seen stuff like that before in real life so I felt it was a very believable storyline.

I despised Trey and Lydia, but loved them for the plot. Like loved to hate them! I love when there’s an obvious villain haha

Overall, this was a cute read

with the perfect full circle moment

  and satisfying ending. I probably won’t read it again but I definitely loved it.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer, Death of parent, Sexual assault, Addiction, Gaslighting, Grief, Physical abuse, Sexual harassment, Emotional abuse, Car accident, and Domestic abuse

bluelou7's review against another edition

1.5

i hadn’t read a colleen hoover book before, but i read it as a buddy read with my friend and i only finished it because i want to reach my reading goal. i didn’t like any of the characters and there wasn’t much plot to make up for it. both of the guys are really problematic and the sex scenes were badly written, toxic and it didn’t seem like there was consent. owens art was ugly and i wish we didn’t have to see it, if it had just been described i could have imagined it instead of having to look at the pictures. overall it was very boring and i hope i don’t ever read a book similar to it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Drug abuse and Emotional abuse

Minor: Grief, Death of parent, Violence, Car accident, and Gun violence

booooooook_person's review

1.5

This was the first collen hoover book I ever read and I hope it will be the last. The only reason I actually finished this is because I was buddy reading it with a friends and she needed to finish this book to reach er yearly reading goal. I hated all the characters and it was so incredibly boring that I sometimes chose to do absolutely nothing over trying to finish this book. I wish the book hadn’t added actual photos of Owen’s art, because then I could’ve at least imagined that he was a good artist. I thought the sex scenes would’ve at least been kinda decently written, since collen hoover is known to have a lot of sex in her books, but even the scenes where both characters gave consent, it seemed like I was reading a non consensual sex scene. I hated this book deeply and it showed me how little i could care about a story.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Rape, Sexual harassment, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Alcohol, Cancer, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Addiction, and Alcoholism

Minor: Child death, Death of parent, Gun violence, Violence, Grief, Death, and Car accident

samburkhouse's review

emotional tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Drug abuse, Grief, Gaslighting, Addiction, Death, Sexual content, and Car accident

Minor: Alcohol, Medical content, and Police brutality

booksofk's review against another edition

emotional hopeful fast-paced

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

5.0

That was heavy yet refreshing read. I connected so much with main characters and OMG I love Owen. And I loved how fate ties you with someone you barely knew existed. And let’s appreciate the naming ability of CoHo what a beautiful name Auburn is 🥰🫶🏻🥹

I’m going to think about this book every night for so long 🍂🥰🥹🫶🏻💕

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Sexual assault

montana_cole's review

challenging emotional tense fast-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse

Moderate: Drug abuse

Minor: Domestic abuse

jneverland's review

dark emotional lighthearted reflective tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Sexual assault, Gaslighting, Domestic abuse, Police brutality, Chronic illness, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Drug use, Medical content, and Rape

Minor: Gun violence, Hate crime, Terminal illness, and Sexual content

deluna's review

dark emotional hopeful 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? It's complicated

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Addiction, Car accident, Emotional abuse, Death, Gaslighting, Grief, and Sexual assault

maddison20's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Addiction, Blood, Child abuse, Pregnancy, Car accident, Drug abuse, Terminal illness, Child death, Toxic relationship, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Pregnancy, Physical abuse, Chronic illness, Alcohol, Addiction, Death of parent, Blood, Car accident, Death, Drug use, Sexual assault, and Child death

Minor: Car accident, Child death, Death, Physical abuse, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Violence, Death of parent, Addiction, Blood, Cancer, and Chronic illness