Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Ugly Love by Colleen Hoover

39 reviews

streebela's review

emotional 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Blood, Grief, Car accident, and Sexual content

Moderate: Death of parent and Pregnancy

lunayin's review

emotional hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.0

okay okay. it was a *fun* fast read for in between books. now that i know more authors coho isn’t on my top list anymore, but I can still see why she has been before. the book is sad, but hopeful. did touch my feelings (might’ve not helped that it’s 1:30AM that I finished it) anyway I ugly cried at the end and def a recommendation for if you need a fast-paced/ easy-to-read book :)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Car accident

Moderate: Sexual content and Pregnancy

Minor: Cancer, Death of parent, Blood, and Death

jessw17's review

emotional sad medium-paced

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

3.0

Tl;dr I think the man was supposed to be likeable, he just wasn't. He needed therapy but depended on the women around him to provide it. He felt a little dangerous. If you've ever been in an emotionally abusive relationship, don't read this. Sex scenes were good though. 

It was okay. The story was sad and it definitely kept my attention. I'm just tired of the "women will fix men" storyline. 

The book starts out in Tate's point of view and it seems like she's going to be the main character. Then it switches to shorter chapter that are Miles' pov. But miles was very clearly the main character. He's a troubled guy, a successful pilot at the ripe age of 24.. he's even promoted to captian during the story. 

Meanwhile we barely learn anything about Tate. That's fine, it's just not my cup of tea to have (who I perceive should be) the main character be so 2 dimensional while the love interest's character is so fleshed out. 

Also, they're 22 and 24 and established in their careers which feels unrelatable.

Spoiler

Anyway, the entire time, Tate is hoping Miles falls in love with her and he's emotionally unavailable and has been for 6 years. You don't find out why until nearly the end, when you find out he'd had a child with his high school sweetheart, got in a car accident while Miles is driving them home from the hospital, the newborn dies, and the girlfriend leaves. 

So Miles cuts himself off from love and happiness but of course, things change when he meets Tate.

Honestly, he treats Tate pretty terribly, even if it was just a hookup situation. He does things that scare her and you kind of assume he doesn't realize he's doing them, until the end when you get his present day POV and you realize he's not clueless. He can read her, he just doesn't care. He doesn't mind intentionally being mean or intimidating to her. 

 

Spoiler

so in the end, he thanks Tate for "waiting for him." Which is valid for her and was her choice to wait for him. I'm just tired of that storyline if "if you wait long enough, you can fix him!" And he also had to find the high school sweetheart, shows up at her house so she can console him. He literally just shows up in her life in an entirely new state, not caring what that would do to her or her family. She didn't tell him where she was, he found her and just inserted himself so she could give him free therapy. It was cringe.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Emotional abuse, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Alcohol, Pregnancy, and Grief

Minor: Car accident, Child death, Cursing, Medical content, Death, Death of parent, Medical trauma, Terminal illness, Toxic friendship, and Blood

adrialucilfer's review

challenging emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Grief, Cursing, Blood, Child death, Alcohol, and Pregnancy

ankiaisreading's review against another edition

emotional medium-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? Yes

0.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Suicidal thoughts, Incest, Child death, Grief, Cursing, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Violence, Alcohol, and Mental illness

kayleejanes's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Child death, Death, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Alcohol, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Blood

lovealwaysadi's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Child death, Death of parent, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Toxic relationship, Blood, Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Sexual content

Moderate: Pregnancy, Medical content, Sexual harassment, and Cancer

Minor: Violence

thelibraryofanolive's review

challenging dark emotional funny inspiring reflective sad tense 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? It's complicated

4.0

really good book i just think it got kind of repetitive and colleen hoover makes me want to rip my eyes out

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Death, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail, Car accident, Cursing, Child death, and Sexual content

Moderate: Death of parent, Confinement, Alcohol, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Misogyny, Sexual harassment, Incest, Sexual violence, Blood, Cancer, Sexism, Infidelity, Domestic abuse, Medical content, Physical abuse, and Violence

sierrabedwell's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad 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

4.0

I thought this book was better than the ones I have read recently. I liked the mix of character personalities and the switch from past to present as you learn more about Miles’ past. This book kind of reminded me of “It Ends with Us” in a way. The cheesy inside jokes between the two characters, and the sad side-plot. I definitely predicted what happened to Miles’ but I liked the ending. It was cheesy, but still was good enough to hold my attention and make me finish 200 pages in a day. Not 5 stars, but still good. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death

Moderate: Car accident, Death, Sexual content, Alcohol, Blood, and Grief

caitlins_questions's review against another edition

dark sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

1.5

The book wasn't good, there was bearly any plot and the relationship between Tate and Miles is just toxic.
The chapters in Miles POV were really hard to read for me because the writing was cringe and

Spoiler

I wasn't looking for a step-sibling romance,

if I'd searched for that I would've gone to Wattpad. 

Also

Spoiler

don't talk about your newborns balls, wtf

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Child death and Toxic relationship

Minor: Blood