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The Heart Principle by Helen Hoang

14 reviews

skbat's review against another edition

emotional 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Mental illness, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, and Death of parent

Moderate: Body horror, Cancer, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Infertility, Vomit, and Car accident

ashleyvaleria's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective 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? Yes

4.0

2nd book i read after a long reading slump. different from the other 2 books in this series but still very much enjoyable. a lot more tense and sad than the others but still amazing writing as always. anna’s journey was difficult to read as her journey in this book is very tense but her character development is amazing. again there is autism representation that helps me understand it a little more which i appreciate. overall a pretty easy read with a lot of character development :)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship and Death of parent

Minor: Infertility, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Sexual harassment

amplawrence's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Sexual content, Medical content, Death of parent, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Cancer and Toxic relationship

Minor: Infertility, Infidelity, Misogyny, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment

inthemoonforcheese's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective relaxing 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Chronic illness, Death, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

nerdinthelibrary's review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad 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

4.5

Quan is the perfect man. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Sexual content, and Death of parent

Moderate: Cancer and Terminal illness

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Sexual harassment

coolra's review against another edition

emotional fast-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death of parent and Sexual harassment

blackveilbeccy's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

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

4.5

I liked this book but it was a much heavier read than the other two. I felt the female lead had way more screen time than the male lead and would have liked this a bit better balanced. The family dynamics of the female lead were challenging for me as they were so toxic. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Death, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Death of parent

Moderate: Bullying, Cancer, Infertility, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, and Gaslighting

Minor: Cursing, Infidelity, Racism, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Sexual harassment, and Classism

bookcasey's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Terminal illness, and Death of parent

Moderate: Ableism, Body shaming, Cancer, Infidelity, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, and Classism

Minor: Sexual harassment

ashreadsandbowls's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders and Death of parent

Minor: Cancer, Suicidal thoughts, and Sexual harassment

citymouse's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense

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

2.0

 

This is nothing I expected it to be. If you want a book about extreme mental roadblocks to standing up for yourself and emotional fatigue, this is the book for you. If you want a romance anything like Hoang's previous books, maybe look for something different or reread the first two in the trilogy because this book is the farthest thing from being romantic, even though there is technically a relationship starting within these pages. It fell flat for me and I needed to skip through entire sections because I was simply bogged down with annoyance and frustration for the situation and choices the main character made. The Heart Principle is an extremely dense book that has you wading through medical trauma, abusive relationships, and a majorly emotionally taxing undertaking.

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Death of parent

Moderate: Ableism, Confinement, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Grief, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Racism