Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Confess by Colleen Hoover

68 reviews

insideunder's review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

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

3.0

Colleen Hoover said ACAB. She really does come up with interesting ways to keep love interests apart (but not for too long).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Sexual assault, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Child death, Death, Police brutality, Medical content, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Infidelity, Pedophilia, and Rape

sourpatch409's review against another edition

emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

4.5

Dang good story. A little cliche and predictable. Some stupid decisions made by the female main character. HEA.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Child death, Sexual assault, Terminal illness, Car accident, and Death of parent

krosebooks's review against another edition

emotional 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? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

This book would have been so much better without Trey. Obliviously

he is the villain of the story. But he is such a cheesy villain. Planting evidence, being a bad cop?

the rest of the story is heart wrenching and beautiful but an unrealistic amount of conflict. Good read though!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cancer, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

erika4america's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective 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? Yes

5.0

I really liked this book. The main character and love interest (Owen) were very cringy to me at first (not a fan of 20 yr old MCs or broody artists that treat their previous girlfriends like dirt and only FMC is the one to change him) but they both redeemed themselves by about the middle of the book. 

I ended up falling in love with Owen after that scene in the shower where he reminds her she’s beautiful. I also loved the bit of them shopping the aisle at Target. It was original and cute and I found myself smiling stupidly to myself while I was reading.

 I absolutely LOVED the inclusion of visuals, especially that painting he drew of Auburn. It was so beautiful. And the idea of confessions is so cute too! I have seen stuff like that before in real life so I felt it was a very believable storyline.

I despised Trey and Lydia, but loved them for the plot. Like loved to hate them! I love when there’s an obvious villain haha

Overall, this was a cute read

with the perfect full circle moment

  and satisfying ending. I probably won’t read it again but I definitely loved it.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Cancer, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment

littlered15287's review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, and Death of parent

breereadsalot_'s review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Blood, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Child death, Death, Violence, Grief, Car accident, and Death of parent

Minor: Rape, Torture, and Murder

gab16_'s review against another edition

emotional inspiring sad tense fast-paced

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

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Sexual assault, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

Moderate: Child death, Death, Drug use, Grief, and Death of parent

Minor: Car accident

samw0327's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful 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: Addiction, Death, Drug use, Sexual assault, Violence, Police brutality, and Death of parent

Moderate: Cancer and Car accident

clo_l's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced

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

4.75

Okay okay, I think this is my favorite CoHo book. I love Auburn, I love her story and I love Owen, especially them together. I hate Trey! What a disgusting character. There are so many aspects of this book that took me by surprise. A beautiful story with twists, heartbreak, anger, so many emotions. I’ve never come across a book that is like this. It’s so cool that Colleen used real confessions from readers and she had an artist create Owen’s paintings. Those two aspects made the book feel more real and interesting. I really really really love this book! 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Child death, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Car accident, Death of parent, and Alcohol

ielliie's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful sad tense 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Domestic abuse, and Death of parent