Reviews tagging 'Suicide attempt'

Without Merit by Colleen Hoover

214 reviews

starkj80's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt

scarletellajones's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt

samarama9's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective fast-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide attempt

Minor: Sexual content

Depression

books_unraveling's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.0

This book surprised me. About halfway through it got really deep and tackled some important issues. I loved the character growth and found them extremely likable. Their struggles were emotional and well written. With this being said, this book is not a light read. As always, CoHo is a mastermind.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Infidelity

Minor: Terminal illness

teawitchontravel's review against another edition

0.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Incest, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Biphobia, Cancer, Chronic illness, Drug use, Homophobia, Infidelity, Grief, and Alcohol

Minor: Sexual assault, Outing, and Sexual harassment

laffi's review against another edition

medium-paced

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

0.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Incest, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Cancer, Chronic illness, Drug use, Gore, Infidelity, Rape, Self harm, Terminal illness, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, and Alcohol

Minor: Sexual assault, Outing, and Sexual harassment

aliebelt's review against another edition

dark hopeful reflective sad tense slow-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

This book was definitely slow at first. So slow I almost DNF however I pushed through and I’m so glad I did. It almost had me in tears it was so unbelievably heartbreaking. Besides the first 80(ish) pages I wouldn’t change a thing. 

GENRE NOTE!! 
I just noticed this book is listed as a romance and I would not say it is. Is there some romance, a little, is it the plot, no. If you’re looking for a romance this is not it. The feelings of our main character IS the plot. It’s about her feelings towards everyone around her and how that affects her feelings about herself. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Drug abuse, Incest, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Vomit, and Outing

Minor: Adult/minor relationship

roseisvibing's review against another edition

medium-paced

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

0.25

reading this feels like being the pizza guy in that one scene from that one spider man movie. you're just. dropped into this chaotic, disgusting, horrendously written shitstorm and left with no idea of what the fuck is going on when you're done. do not read this if you want a book that deals with sensitive topics well- it just feels like more traumatic bullshit is being thrown at you with each new chapter. 90% of the dialogue is either weirdly forced or just fucking stupid. there were several moments (for example, the

THREE instances of incest/basically-incest, dialogue where an uncle flirts with his niece right after referring to her as such, weird descriptions of terminally ill people, straight up implausible plot moments that make you feel like you're watching a faked reality show on acid, descriptions of alcohol that sound like they were written by an 8 year old who has no understanding of how tolerances work, etc.

) where i was questioning how this got professionally published. if i let myself bang my head against a wall every time i wanted to while reading this, i would be in hospital with an extreme concussion right now. the only reason i finished it is because i was annotating it for my friend's bday present (we have a shared interest in critiquing/laughing at shitty books, so coho's worst rated book seemed like a silly funny gift. i am no longer sure of this). chris, if you're seeing this, i want you to know i endured six hours of colleen hoover's worst material for you. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide attempt, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Alcohol

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Cancer, Child abuse, Drug abuse, and Vomit

leanne_says's review against another edition

medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide attempt

madisonwinz's review against another edition

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt