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Ugly Love by Colleen Hoover

38 reviews

capybooks's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful lighthearted sad medium-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

4.75

Ugly Love definitely lived up to the hype it has been given. Although there was not a huge amount of plot and it was more the characters going back and forth with each other, it was written well and I was hooked. A nice, typical romance story with very complex characters. It tackles some really devastating topics which even though parts were very difficult to read, I'm glad it mentions them. My favourite moment was one of the last few chapters, where Miles visits Rachel to get some closure about their traumatic past. It was such a brilliant bit of writing and full of raw emotion. 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail

mention of PTSD, drowning

int0thefloodagain's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Sexual content, and Car accident

Moderate: Sexual harassment

kathrinellis's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad

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

5.0

This is my new favourite book. 
Everything made sense, the ending was just perfect and you could really experience the growth of the characters. The story gave me butterflies as well as several streams of tears running down my face. Colleen Hoover never disappoints. Hopefully, I‘ll always remember my first time reading this. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Alcoholism, Child death, Death of parent, Medical content, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, Blood, Cancer, Emotional abuse, Car accident, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, and Violence

molly_rose's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Grief, Child death, Car accident, Pregnancy, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Emotional abuse and Gaslighting

Minor: Alcohol, Cancer, Sexual harassment, Domestic abuse, and Death of parent

lish_e's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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

3.0

It was a fun idea to centre the text vertically, I had never read that in a book before.
I wanted to read some romance, but I’m unsure about this story. Miles gave me some red flags and the chemistry between him and Tate felt weird at times. Also, I didn’t understand why this whole “stepsister” thing needed to happen.
But I liked the writing style and the kind of storytelling that was happening with the chapters and different povs. 

Cap as a character was also really funny.

 

I also thought the end was a bit unrealistic. He had trauma for six years, which he never took care off. And at the end, he suddenly proposes after six months of dating. Yes, stuff like that can happen, but in this case, it felt a bit rushed.

 
Despite all those things, it was still an enjoyable read and my first read of a Colleen Hoover book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Child death, Pregnancy, and Sexual content

Moderate: Medical content

Minor: Cancer, Death of parent, and Sexual harassment

josxphinchen's review against another edition

emotional sad 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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Child death, Car accident, and Violence

Minor: Sexual harassment

kaylaaards's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense 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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Child death, Death, and Sexual content

Moderate: Death of parent, Medical content, Sexual harassment, Emotional abuse, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Toxic relationship

claire_fitzgibbon13's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad tense slow-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

STAN CAP !!!

I think the way miles treated tate for long time was shitty but he made up for it and had a fair explanation

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Death, Car accident, and Child death

Minor: Sexual harassment, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

ghostisalive's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

once again colleen smashed this . it was incredible. i will say it was a bit repetitive and some characters lacked depth , but honestly i think that might just have to do with the fact that i read it in one evening so i wasn't focused on smaller details. also i had seen some spoilers which made me maybe not enjoy some of the parts which i would've simple because i knew what was coming. overall i would still recommend it though and it really did enjoy it .<3

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Car accident, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Blood, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

Minor: Sexual harassment

prettybaddieb's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Cancer, Car accident, Child death, Cursing, and Grief

Moderate: Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Infidelity, and Injury/Injury detail