Reviews tagging 'Police brutality'

Confess by Colleen Hoover

23 reviews

cabnix's review against another edition

emotional inspiring mysterious tense medium-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? No

5.0

I have read all of Colleen Hoovers most popular books, including Verity, It Ends/It Starts With Us, Ugly Love, November 9, and Hopeless, and this one is my absolute favorite. I started reading this book knowing absolutely nothing about is and I am so glad I did. I finished it so fast because I genuinely could not put it down. The prologue already had me in tears and Auburn immediately had my heart (I am also a hairdresser so I connected with her on that level too). This book deserves so much more attention, I am absolutely in love with it. This will probably be my favorite book for a long time.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Police brutality, and Death of parent

Minor: Car accident

hopeec's review against another edition

emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood

Moderate: Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Terminal illness, Violence, Police brutality, Medical content, Car accident, Death of parent, and Alcohol

v1l25's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense fast-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? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

brookey8888's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad 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

3.25

I enjoyed this. It was a little boring at first and they were Some plot twists that I didn’t see it coming. I liked the Auburn as a main character Owen was OK at first he was really weird to me but he got better and the secret wasn’t that big of a deal and I kind of saw it coming. There’s some more serious contact in this so trigger warning for sexual assault, emotional abuse, physical abuse, addiction, and some other things. I really like the artwork included in this. That was a good touch and I do wish we got a little more confessions because those are really interesting.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Violence, Police brutality, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

courtn3ys's review against another edition

emotional 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? Yes

2.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Police brutality, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

bellapezzato's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective sad tense fast-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

5.0

Could this be my new favorite CoHo book? Very much so. OMG (those who read it will understand lol), I could not put it down, I don’t think I ever felt so angry at fictional characters as I did with some from “Confession”, and loved others with the same intensity. This book is amazing. I can’t stop thinking about it, guess I’ll have to watch the series now.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Police brutality, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

odi's review against another edition

mysterious 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Drug abuse, Police brutality, and Pregnancy

nessareads247's review against another edition

emotional funny inspiring mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.75

Really loved this book!! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Bullying, Child death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Police brutality, Car accident, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

a_libra_library's review against another edition

emotional inspiring 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Cursing, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Police brutality, Grief, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

kenziewol's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective 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

5.0

Colleen Hoover has don’t it again folks, she broke my heart. I loved this book, I loved Auburn & Owen so much. This book was beautifully written, Colleens writing style is just *chefs kiss* I loved the full circle moment, the connections, and the surprising twists — I’m convinced Colleen Hoover doesn’t know how to write a bad book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, and Grief

Moderate: Car accident, Death of parent, and Gaslighting

Minor: Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, and Police brutality