Reviews tagging 'Drug use'

Too Late by Colleen Hoover

218 reviews

dinoisbingbong's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Drug use, Pedophilia, Violence, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Abortion

lise_atelier's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

•This book was wild from the first page, no messing about. 
•I enjoyed the perspective swap between Sloan, Asa & Carter. 
•The story felt so quick & left me with many questions.
•I can only imagine living in those circumstances; events simply occur without rhyme or reason at crazy pace. It’s taxing physically, mentally and beyond emotionally.
•I blazed through the story, truly wanting to know if Sloan would be okay. 
•I carried a heavy heart for a lot of this quick story.
•Realising that this can be a current chapter in someone’s real life on this planet made me feel many things. 
•Getting into the mind of Asa was absolutely necessary for this story. 
•I loved the insight into Stephen. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Infidelity, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Grief, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

ljzsreadsandreviews's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

I could see why some people wouldn’t enjoy this book, but if I’m being honest, I was hooked! I haven’t read any CoHo since I really got back into reading. Nothing against her books because frankly I’ve enjoyed every one I’ve read but I’ve just been exploring other authors and types of books. Which is why I wanted to try this one out. I felt like it was more “Verity” CoHo and I really enjoyed that one so I gave it a try. I also decided to read it in audio format. I thought it would give me something different and I will admit I thoroughly enjoyed it this way. There were three narrators (loved this And they were all amazing) so it gave a great dynamic to the multiple POVS. I thought the story was suspenseful and thrilling. I didn’t know what was going to happen next and it had me dying to continue reading. I did really enjoy it but there was still a little something I can’t fully describe that keeps me from saying this was a perfect read for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Drug use, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Violence, and Stalking

_alyssabrown's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Blood, Vomit, Stalking, Abortion, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

dorielizabeth's review against another edition

dark hopeful mysterious sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Toxic relationship, Violence, Stalking, Suicide attempt, and Murder

readingduckling's review against another edition

dark tense 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? It's complicated

0.5

Maybe this could be a good story if you scrapped everything and just kept the very very basic concept. 

But it was badly written and Al of the characters were terrible people. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Kidnapping, Stalking, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Ableism, Addiction, Cursing, Gun violence, Infidelity, Vomit, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Death, Self harm, Grief, and Death of parent

deedee1990's review against another edition

dark emotional medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Rape, Sexual violence, Violence, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

spacepandita2022's review against another edition

fast-paced

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

•October 2023: English read.
•Octobre 2024: Lecture en Français.

•Español:
La autora escribe con las patas, no con el cerebro. Es la única explicación posible 💀

•English:
Change the title: "Too bad". I still don't get it. Why did the author is so popular? It is possible to  ranking a book in negative numbers negatives?
Trigger Warnings: Rape, toxic relationship, drug abuse.

•Français:
Facile à lire, c'est la seule raison pour la quelle je la lis en français, mais tellement mauvais. 🤦

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Rape, Toxic relationship, and Pregnancy

zoedonn's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Islamophobia, Grief, Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Addiction, Body horror, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Pregnancy

Minor: Car accident, Death of parent, and Alcohol

pageturner19's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad 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

4.0

Please be mindful of the trigger warnings - Heavy Drug use, Mental Health, Domestic Abuse, S-Assault, non- consensual.

This was a solid 3- 3.5 for me, I don't think this one was as dark as Ugly love or Verity but was equally a very powerful read. 

The strength Sloane has to have to withstand Acer was heartbreaking. I think unless you've been in her position it's hard to fully see the emotional heartbreak of some of the scenes in this book. 

A tragic end but I felt the emotions of the ups and downs of this story. Recommend for people who don't mind triggers are in a good mental state.  

All characters I found to be very well written and felt like they were real people, not just fictional beings. 

The storyline was medium to fast paced, easy to follow. The Audiobook voice actors helped to bring the characters emotions and personalities to life and I enjoyed it more than I would think to read it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail