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Hopeless by Colleen Hoover

51 reviews

art3m1sxx's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

Listen. I read the reviews before reading this. I read 80 pages the first night, and read the rest today. 

There are time jumps that could seem annoying to most, but in my opinion I found it helped the story. I had an inkling about a few things, but was still surprised at all of the twists! 

I’m giving it a 4/5 as in my opinion, there should definitely be trigger warnings in the beginning of the book — but overall I really enjoyed it!!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Death of parent, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Alcohol, Suicide, Child abuse, Death, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, and Incest

Moderate: Bullying

bookowl88's review against another edition

dark emotional tense slow-paced

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

1.0

I know I’m In the minority here but I really had a hard time finishing this book.  I really didn’t like it at all and I have read a lot of Colleen Hoover books so I’m sorry to say this is my least favorite.  
First:  It is excruciatingly slow.  In the beginning we meet Sky, a homeschooled teenage girl who sneaks boys into her room at night to make out with them but doesn’t feel a thing.  
Second:  The male love interest is a secretive moody guy who randomly has rage attacks and treats Hope like crap and she never questions him.  It’s maddening to watch a female character just go along with a guy she doesn’t know very well and completely not questions his moods or how he treats her in them.
Third:  The dialogue is very childish sometimes and wayyy to cheesy to be believable.  

Spoiler

Fourth:  What this book really end up being about is childhood sexual trauma and the entire way it’s handled is very frustrating.  Basically if you find yourself a moody, angsty hot teenage boy who will have sex with you the moment you find out something traumatic you will get through anything life throws you.  You don’t need mental health counselors or professional help, just get a horny teenage boy and whoops there goes all that trauma. 
I really love Colleen Hoover and I’m sad that I couldn’t like this one.  But it really was just unbelievable and I just couldn’t like this book for the fourth reason alone.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Incest, Suicide, Violence, Death of parent, Sexual content, Child abuse, Kidnapping, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, and Grief

libraryofcacw's review against another edition

challenging emotional 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? N/A

3.5

I liked it. everyone deserves a Dean Holder.

changed the rating from 4 stars to 3.5 because i hardly remember it

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Child abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Suicide

Moderate: Kidnapping

Minor: Stalking

amberlinanderson's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective 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? It's complicated

5.0

WOW! Such an emotional experience. Once again, Hoovers ability to take horribly tragic events and turn them into such beautiful stories will never cease to amaze me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Bullying, Death of parent, Child abuse, Incest, Kidnapping, Suicide, Death, Gun violence, Pedophilia, Child death, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Cursing

Minor: Car accident

shelbybowers20's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful medium-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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Suicide

Moderate: Grief, Sexual content, Adult/minor relationship, Death of parent, Alcoholism, Pedophilia, and Kidnapping

Minor: Incest and Rape

micalacagle's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful tense fast-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Death, Suicide, Kidnapping, Sexual content, Domestic abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, and Trafficking

shaykay's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional medium-paced

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

3.5

It's been a little while since I picked up a Colleen Hoover book, and I ended up picking this one up this month as my final Likewise book for my experiment, and I had high hopes for it. This book was suspenseful because of what we learned about Sky. So it was like this high school romance between Holder and Sky, but Sky has had an interesting past. The book is written from Sky's point of view and is kind of like a journal with entries in it. I like the reveals that happened in this book, but I'm just kind of past the whole high school thing. If I had read it in high school or right after it, I think I would've enjoyed it a little bit more, but I'm just so burnt out on high school romances. But I will say this one did have some really interesting twists, and I appreciated it not being the run-of-the-mill high school romance. I don't want to pick up the sequel, but I want to read all of Hoover's books, so I'll end up reading them. I just don't know when I'll get to it since next month I plan on reading only thriller/horror books

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Kidnapping, Rape, and Murder

Minor: Sexual content

otterlyreading's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Rape, Self harm, and Suicide

gh0stb0y'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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Suicide, Sexual assault, and Sexual content

marine2907's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted sad fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Violence, Addiction, Alcohol, Drug use, Incest, Alcoholism, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Police brutality, Child abuse, Death, Pedophilia, Rape, Gun violence, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Suicide