Reviews tagging 'Toxic relationship'

Love and Confess by Colleen Hoover

50 reviews

savheath's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Police brutality

bluelou7's review against another edition

1.5

i hadn’t read a colleen hoover book before, but i read it as a buddy read with my friend and i only finished it because i want to reach my reading goal. i didn’t like any of the characters and there wasn’t much plot to make up for it. both of the guys are really problematic and the sex scenes were badly written, toxic and it didn’t seem like there was consent. owens art was ugly and i wish we didn’t have to see it, if it had just been described i could have imagined it instead of having to look at the pictures. overall it was very boring and i hope i don’t ever read a book similar to it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Drug abuse and Emotional abuse

Minor: Grief, Death of parent, Violence, Car accident, and Gun violence

booooooook_person's review against another edition

1.5

This was the first collen hoover book I ever read and I hope it will be the last. The only reason I actually finished this is because I was buddy reading it with a friends and she needed to finish this book to reach er yearly reading goal. I hated all the characters and it was so incredibly boring that I sometimes chose to do absolutely nothing over trying to finish this book. I wish the book hadn’t added actual photos of Owen’s art, because then I could’ve at least imagined that he was a good artist. I thought the sex scenes would’ve at least been kinda decently written, since collen hoover is known to have a lot of sex in her books, but even the scenes where both characters gave consent, it seemed like I was reading a non consensual sex scene. I hated this book deeply and it showed me how little i could care about a story.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Rape, Sexual harassment, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Alcohol, Cancer, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Addiction, and Alcoholism

Minor: Child death, Death of parent, Gun violence, Violence, Grief, Death, and Car accident

samburkhouse's review against another edition

emotional tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Drug abuse, Grief, Gaslighting, Addiction, Death, Sexual content, and Car accident

Minor: Alcohol, Medical content, and Police brutality

maddison20's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful sad tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Addiction, Blood, Child abuse, Pregnancy, Car accident, Drug abuse, Terminal illness, Child death, Toxic relationship, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Pregnancy, Physical abuse, Chronic illness, Alcohol, Addiction, Death of parent, Blood, Car accident, Death, Drug use, Sexual assault, and Child death

Minor: Car accident, Child death, Death, Physical abuse, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Violence, Death of parent, Addiction, Blood, Cancer, and Chronic illness

booksbymae's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Drug use, Grief, Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, Terminal illness, Car accident, Chronic illness, and Drug abuse

allio_dem's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Child death, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, and Drug abuse

becca1997's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad tense fast-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, and Addiction

brinasatt's review against another edition

fast-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Rape, Emotional abuse, Grief, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Addiction, Car accident, Death, Drug use, and Police brutality

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Gun violence, Gaslighting, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Pregnancy, Stalking, and Adult/minor relationship

thebookpaiges's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective 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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Death, Child death, Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, Alcohol, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Rape, Infidelity, Drug abuse, Terminal illness, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Sexual content, Pregnancy, and Grief