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Ugly Love by Colleen Hoover

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tailss's review against another edition

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medium-paced

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

2.0

First I will start with what I liked about this book. I enjoyed that we were able to read from miles' perspective as well as tate's. I enjoyed learning more about miles past. As I learned more about who he was I started to enjoy his character far more than hers. Everytime I read through tates perspective I wanted to throw a brick in her face because she kept reading too much into Miles simple facial expressions and body language. Tate also kept throwing herself at Miles without even knowing who he is. There was so many moments where i thought, “girl where is your self worth you are an idiot.” especially that scene when he called her rachel and she kept going. She was a total pushover and should have walked away. She was “madly in love” with a guy she didnt know. Aside from that, I felt heavily for miles when I understood the meaning of the cover. I feel as if Miles journey into healing from his traumatic past is what saved this book for me. In terms of “contemporary romance” this pairing seemed very toxic.

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avie_j's review against another edition

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emotional medium-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

0.25

For all the "I can change him" girlies. No you can't, this isn't realistic. You deserve better.

Tate was a complete and utter door-mat.

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blyons313's review against another edition

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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

1.0

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l_myers's review against another edition

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dark emotional sad tense medium-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

2.5

All have to say about this is that it is one of the biggest red flags of the year. Terrible book boyfriend with crappy characters. I hated them both. Definitely not my favorite.

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alicelalicon's review against another edition

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dark emotional fast-paced

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

2.5

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julianxiv's review against another edition

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

1.5

actual rating: 2,5 stars
edit 3: the more i think about it the more i hate it. 1,5 stars

god cishets r so boring

edit: i have way too many thoughts about this book that idk if i can keep to myself anymore. every time i see this book i feel violent. i feel a sudden urge to appear on international news. seeing this cover pisses me off. the only reason this is 2 stars instead of 1 is because, somehow, colleen hoover has a way of dragging you into her books and holding onto you for dear life, i swear she does not let go before you've turned the very last page.

regardless of how badly i was sucked into this story, i HATED it. hated every second. the characters had to have been the worst part of it all.

on the top of my list for Doormat Female Characters i've read about in my life, is tate. she is the textbook definition of a doormat. not only does she get stomped on all over during the whole book, she is also really flat and has no defining characteristics. seriously, who is this girl, and why is the main character? all i know about her is that she's a nurse and that her name is tate. now it's been a little while since i read this book, but i can guarantee that's all there was. every time she spoke i wanted to just skip ahead to the next miles chapter. "but what if i wanted more than sex" this, "i think i'm catching feelings for him" that, literally shut the fuck up, he told you multiple times that he didn't want anything serious, it's time to take no for an answer. and it's because of this persistence that she lets miles stomp all over her. its because she seemingly has NO sense of what's best for her personal wellbeing that she lets herself be used and tossed by him (almost literally. if you know you know).

miles's chapters were mildly interesting. i didn't get as attached to him as everyone else seemed to be, and so his "tragic backstory" wasn't all that tragic to me. i mildly enjoyed the way his chapters were written, but mostly because the short lines made it faster to read. i just wanted it over with, if i'm being honest. he definitely made an ... interesting ... choice by sticking with rachel. when it comes to tate, i think his treatment of her is about as close to abuse as it can get. he treated her as if she was a piece of garbage stuck under his shoe. i know that women seem to love the tall, dark, tortured type, but god please have some self respect. him being tortured doesn't mean he has to be an asshole.

i also feel obligated to say something about corbin. first of all, what kind of name is corbin? why would a parent ever look at their newborn baby and decide that CORBIN was a fitting name??? i guess colleen hoover has a history of silly names, though i have to say corbin is less silly than the Monstrosity lily blossom bloom. what i actually wanted to say is that this guy treats his sister as a child. he seems to think that this grown woman cannot choose for herself who she wants to have sex with (which, to be fair, is partly true, considering who she actually chose) and ends up seeming a bit too much like a brotherly knight in shining armour. maybe that's why tate has no personality, she's just been decided for by corbin her whole life, which i would think is true considering tate mentioned he was doing the same thing in high school. i understand not wanting your guy friends to be groping on your sister, and i can understand why he would do it in school, but she is a grown woman and she is never going to learn to be good to herself if corbin is constantly choosing for her.

i was promised emotional damage in this book. i did, in fact, get none.

anyways. i only wrote all this because i've been angrily thinking about this book for 2 months now and felt as if holding it in any longer would make me explode.

edit 2: i can't believe i forgot to mention the smut, it's so horrendous, i usually get turned on pretty easily, but these scenes had me feeling completely normal, if a bit disturbed. maybe it's colleen hoover, maybe it's just the fact that they're cishet. regardless, legs stayed together, back stayed straight, and toes did not curl in the slightest. not even the littlest grab of the sheets happened.

that's all, for real this time

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literallysam's review against another edition

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emotional 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

3.25

The dialogues and writing style felt so juvenile and forced- It was like a fan fiction or a Wattpad story. It's like a heightened teen infatuation story involving adult characters who behave absolutely immature for the most part except when they're having segs.
What Tate and Miles had was solely based on quick hookups and nothing substantial enough to even come close to legitimate feelings of love. The only kind of chemistry they seem to have is lust.

I didn't like how Rachel's character just took away Miles’s focus on Tate. It would've been nice to know more about Miles's feelings for Tate.

Tate was head over heels for a guy she had just met. I didn't like how Miles wouldn't even admit that he likes her and it made me so angry at times. I get the whole no strings attached thing but I just don't get why Tate was still with him. She had great potential to be a feminist icon and stand up to someone who's clearly using her but her self-respect was crushed so many times.

Also the kind of trauma and depression that Miles was going through was massive and all he needed was therapy and anyone could see that but the craziest part is that Tate, who is a registered nurse, couldn't see that.-

My only favourite character in the book was Cap. The ending was the only part that I liked in the entire book where miles's past was revealed. That was really heartbreaking and I found myself sympathising for him. I also liked it when Miles's poetic self came back to life in the end.

You can go for it if you want but overall I would describe this book as not worth the hype.
However, I will give Colleen Hoover the benefit of the doubt and will definitely read her other novels!

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lizgom's review against another edition

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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

2.0

I expected to at least like the characters in this book. A nurse and a pilot. I've come to realize that what I like about coho books is how fast you can get through them and how digestible the writing is. The contents of the writing however, they're kinda disturbing. I think that might be another theme in her books. Being categorized as romance is weird

considering there's incest in this one. (I know Miles and Rachel are not BLOOD siblings, but for god's sake, their parents are married. Blood related or not, it doesn't make it any less wrong.)

Tate, our FMC, felt like a side character which is sad since half the book is from her perspective. I think I felt like she was a side character since all we see in the "situation ship" she's in with Miles, all he does is use her.

She knows he's only using her from the beginning and gets mad when he calls her by his ex's name(Miles' ex is also his step sister)

Miles is just an ass. Instead of getting a therapist or solving his problems head on,

he gets involved with his friend's sister?

Honestly he's just the worst. I can't believe people actually consider this guy "book husband" material.

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