Reviews with content warning for Sexual violence - Hopeless

I LOVED this book, I literally didn’t want to put it down. The story was so captivating and I really enjoyed the twists!! I would definitely recommend this book.

However, there are some trigger warnings but they knowing them spoils the twists.

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adventurous challenging dark emotional funny 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? Yes

5.0

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manestad's review against another edition

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emotional medium-paced

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

3.75

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blynn343's review against another edition

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dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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atdow88's review against another edition

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dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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annabananadel's review against another edition

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dark emotional hopeful 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

3.5

"Sometimes you have to choose between a bunch of wrong choices and no right ones. You just have to choose which wrong choices feels the least wrong."

I read this back when it came out and I rated it 5 ⭐️ for sure but rereading it now, I can sadly say that I’m lowering my rating. The mere fact that I forgot what the story was all about is the main reason for the decrease. If a story is well deserve of a high rating, it should have been a story to remember but for some reason, after 10 years since I’ve read it. I wasn’t able to remember the important plot. I only remembered it during the reading and some of my assumptions were even slightly wrong.

It took me a lot of days in order to finish the book. I know it’s super emotionally heavy and it is a good read but just not something I look forward to doing (reading) at the end of the day. I love the characters though. It maybe just the writing that made harder to finish

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redheadbookgirl's review against another edition

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dark emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.5

READ IF YOU LIKE:
❤️‍🩹 Stories of hope + healing
⏳ Alternating timelines/flashbacks
✍🏼 Academic settings
🌪️ Romances with a big twist
👩🏼‍🎓 YA vibes/school age characters
🙌🏼 Emotional + MOVING stories
💕 FIRST RELATIONSHIP romance
🏡 Small town settings

☁️ THOUGHTS:
This is a seriously under-rated CoHo read.. I can't believe its taken me this long to read it! I was NOT expecting the heart-shattering story that this unravelled into, and it broke my heart. This book is filled with love, sadness, dispair, hope and just about every other emotion imaginable. It's a story of love, survival and strength.

“𝐈’𝐯𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐦𝐲 𝐰𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐞 𝐝𝐚𝐦𝐧 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞.”

Sky and Holder were real, likeable, relatable characters, and I felt every single emotion they experienced throughout the plot. I LOVED Sky. She was blunt, sarcastic and strong: she was real. Holder was.. well he was Holder. He captured my heart with the way he supported Sky without question.

“𝐅𝐮𝐜𝐤 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐬, 𝐒𝐤𝐲. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬.”

The chemistry between the two, and the intensity and passion of their partnership as it developed felt believable, as they supported one another through a shared journey of horrifying revelations, deeply buried memories, trauma and finally healing.

‘𝐖𝐞 𝐜𝐫𝐲 𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐚𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐞𝐫. 𝐖𝐞 𝐜𝐫𝐲 𝐚𝐮𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐧𝐢𝐞𝐜𝐞. 𝐖𝐞 𝐜𝐫𝐲 𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐦 𝐭𝐨 𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐦. 𝐖𝐞 𝐜𝐫𝐲 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐯𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐯𝐨𝐫.’

This was a heart-wrenching, beautiful, devestating and uplifting story of surviving. I'd recommend reading this but do check the content first, as there's some pretty dark topics discussed.

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graham_faith's review against another edition

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dark sad

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Loveable characters? No

2.5

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