Reviews tagging 'Terminal illness'

Without Merit by Colleen Hoover

21 reviews

books_unraveling's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.0

This book surprised me. About halfway through it got really deep and tackled some important issues. I loved the character growth and found them extremely likable. Their struggles were emotional and well written. With this being said, this book is not a light read. As always, CoHo is a mastermind.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Infidelity

Minor: Terminal illness

laffi's review against another edition

medium-paced

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

0.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Incest, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Cancer, Chronic illness, Drug use, Gore, Infidelity, Rape, Self harm, Terminal illness, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, and Alcohol

Minor: Sexual assault, Outing, and Sexual harassment

dwdillydally's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny slow-paced

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

3.5

Without Merit (2017) by Collen Hoover
#youngadultfiction #mentalhealth #familydramafiction #slowromance #mildspicy #dwreads24

Finished my first Colleen Hoover book! I wasn't sure that I'd like her flavors (dark modern romance, dysfunctional characters), so I started with a title recommended for teens / young adults. When I say "for teens", this is NOT for tweens / preteens. Here are screenshots of the content warnings I tagged, and I'm happy to elaborate on any of them, if you ask.

Depsite alllllll the CWs listed, I do recommend this to the right teen or to us, non-trendy-readers who are Hoover-curious. If it's too much for you, then you probably won't enjoy Hoover's adult books 

There were so many scenes where I was telling the 17yo main character, "Oh no honey, don't do that. Oh nnnnoo!" 🫣 But overall, this book is about family trauma and mental health - vital to talk about. It's meant to be f_<ed up. How bad can the main character's day-to-day life get before she turns a corner and starts unraveling the mess around her? For me, it was rough to read from the start through the middle, then I slowly came around, and by the end, I was rooting for the main character. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Infidelity, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Vomit, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Animal death, Confinement, Cursing, Drug abuse, Self harm, Sexual content, and Alcohol

Minor: Cancer, Eating disorder, Terminal illness, Car accident, Death of parent, Outing, and Abandonment

kotashomelibrary's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny mysterious medium-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? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, and Alcohol

Minor: Incest, Infidelity, Grief, Car accident, and Gaslighting

dailbrae's review against another edition

medium-paced

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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Cancer, Chronic illness, Mental illness, Terminal illness, Medical content, Grief, Car accident, and Alcohol

Minor: Animal death, Bullying, Incest, Self harm, Sexual assault, Vomit, Pregnancy, Alcohol, and War

ugh_itsjane635's review against another edition

challenging hopeful inspiring sad slow-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Terminal illness and Sexual harassment

lakshita64's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense slow-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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Terminal illness, Grief, Car accident, Suicide attempt, and War

vanella's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, and Outing

Minor: Infidelity, Mental illness, and Terminal illness

abbiemurphy's review against another edition

emotional funny informative sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

I liked this book, it’s got a few flaws however. one main one was the amount of incest involved, it was a bit offputting. however, it was still a good read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Vomit, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Animal death and Death

Minor: Terminal illness

pippamillerxoxo_'s review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful slow-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Drug use, Incest, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Vomit, Grief, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment