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Confess, by Colleen Hoover

11 reviews

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

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

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

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

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

chloe_covell_'s review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

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

3.5

Finished this book in about 4 hours. Wasn’t bad but it wasn’t my favorite. I didn’t really connect with the characters/romance and at times it was very cliche. One plot line in this book even gave me the ick. (if you read this book you will know what part I’m talking about)

I did really appreciate the confession part of it. I know that all confessions in this book were real, and written by real people and somehow that gave me comfort. Even though some of the confessions were horrible, somehow someone had the courage to write that and release that secret into the world. 

3.5 ⭐️

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Medical trauma, Police brutality, Pregnancy, Drug use, Drug abuse, Domestic abuse, Car accident, Grief, and Medical content

Minor: Sexual content

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

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

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

saramarinho's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad tense fast-paced

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

3.75

Since I literally just finished reading and am now trying to write this review, my emotions are still very much all over the place.
This story has its share of heavy topics and it riles you up for good.

Spoiler

One moment you're head over heals in love with Owen, and the next you want to throw up and hit Trey hard on the face with a brick.

It's a complex book in a way, because I've felt like it dealt with different kinds of love and how such love makes people act in different situations. It also shows how family relationships can change and get affected when there's life-altering moments. 

Spoiler

Auburn is stronger than she seems and sometimes it's easy to forget that she's only 21. I was a little bit frustrated with her at some point - but I admit my opinion might be slightly "uninformed" since I don't have children and therefore cannot say that her decisions were right or wrong since I can't put myself in her shoes (and yes, I know this is fiction but still) - but at the end she pleasantly surprised me.

The artwork is breathtaking and it adds so much to the story! Every painting kept me glued to its page for several minutes and some of the confessions were hard to read. 
Again, I've surrendered to another Colleen book and it became officially impossible to resist. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Police brutality, Physical abuse, and Violence

Moderate: Car accident, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Toxic relationship, and Sexual assault

Minor: Cancer, Death, and Death of parent

brewingdaisies's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective relaxing sad slow-paced

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

1.75

was okay, loved the duo but lowkey felt like it wasnt enough D: but i really liked the concept of the confessions. the confessions was very well written and all sparked huge emotions + owen's origin story !!! NICE !!! loved the adam and owen duo wished they had more time

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Medical content, Police brutality, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, Sexual assault, Death, Drug use, and Death of parent

Minor: Pregnancy