Reviews tagging 'Toxic relationship'

It Ends with Us by Colleen Hoover

2012 reviews

eleana's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

I went into this having some, not very good, preconceptions about Colleen. I've seen as much hate as love online about this author, so I hate to say I believed blindly her writing would suck. I was very pleasantly surprised by this. The writing itself was choppy and very cringe for the first 20% or so, but it found its rhythm and became gripping and sensitive. I also expected this to be extremely smutty, mostly due to booktok, but coming into this after an Elsie Silver book, the sex was much more tolerable. I don't love a sex scene in a book still, but did find I enjoyed parts of these.

I loved many characters, Atlas, Lily and Alyssa and loved and hated Ryle in equal parts. I think the ending was perfect for these characters

All in all, I'd read more Colleen Hoover in the future. This one may be worth the hype

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Pregnancy, Violence, Sexual violence, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual content, Rape, and Sexual assault

swifterel22's review against another edition

Why did I even start this book 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug use, and Misogyny

Moderate: Body shaming, Child abuse, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, and Blood

Fuck this

tisha_'s review against another edition

emotional sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship and Domestic abuse

bo0k_wh0re's review against another edition

emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

2.5

don’t like the author.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Alcohol, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Gaslighting, Pregnancy, Murder, Bullying, Medical content, Violence, Toxic relationship, and Emotional abuse

_mia_melina_'s review against another edition

slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No

1.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Sexual harassment

katie_23's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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

look CoHo gets a lot of hate but from my perspective i see this as a way to show that you can get through abuse. it shows how love will make you do anything but that there’s people out there who are there. it can be comforting but also heart wrenching. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Rape, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

Minor: Violence, Mental illness, Pregnancy, Cursing, Emotional abuse, and Suicidal thoughts

thorney's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Domestic abuse, and Rape

gaynas_bookshelf's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Toxic relationship and Domestic abuse

Minor: Pregnancy, Death of parent, and Infertility

gfrisch's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, and Sexual assault

zoe_333's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Pregnancy, and Violence