A review by avu_writes
Ugly Love by Colleen Hoover

funny hopeful lighthearted reflective medium-paced

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

4.5

the plot unfolded so perfectly. every chapter was interesting & every flashback was important. I finished 90% of the book in one day because I was hooked. 

spoilers:

I really liked Tate’s POV & related to her naive willingness to make the same mistakes. I think that even the slow-but-fast falling for him was done well. 

& the tension in that one bathroom stitching scene. chef’s kiss. 

honestly, the only part I kind of hated was Miles’ POV. I love the idea that when he’s in love, his thoughts turn into a poem with a different format. I just thought the way he described being in love was cheesy & unnatural. Maybe I’m just not a romantic, but I cringed at half of his thoughts or found them straight up obsessive. I know the point is that he loves too hard, but all it did was remind me that he’s another perfectly chiseled, stoic-on-the-outside, soft-on-the-inside, fictional man. 

despite the clichés of the book, I ate it up. I’m realizing a lot of romance books give me nostalgia of how dramatic & cliché 2014 Wattpad books used to be, but I don’t really mind.

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“It’s as if pieces of the guy he used to be bleed over into the guy he’s trying to be.” — favorite quote

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