Reviews tagging 'Abandonment'

It Ends with Us by Colleen Hoover

252 reviews

clareasday's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Domestic abuse, Blood, Rape, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Gun violence, Grief, Medical content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Sexual violence, Violence, Abandonment, Addiction, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Stalking, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Vomit, Suicide attempt, and Toxic relationship

erinn93's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Child death, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Suicide attempt, Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, and Suicide

Minor: Death of parent, Pregnancy, Cancer, Chronic illness, Death, and Suicidal thoughts

kashiish's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense 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

1.0

there is no such thing as bad people, we are just people who sometimes do bad things.

if a song described this book it would be — lose you to love me by selena gomez

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Rape, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Abandonment

Minor: Alcohol and Blood

zg0612's review against another edition

challenging dark funny hopeful inspiring 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

4.0

This was a good book! It wasn’t  what i thought it would be about, but for what it was, it was really good! The characters were really well written too. The journal entrees weren’t just a boring story i had to force myself to get through either. I actually wanted to read them! Really good book. I could probably read it again someday too. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Domestic abuse, Abandonment, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Child death

eliselerario's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

I’m not a big fan of all of Colleen Hoover’s works, but I would recommend this one. Definitely a worthwhile read for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Gun violence, and Sexual content

Minor: Abandonment

emmacb's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

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

3.75

I enjoyed this book and read it very quickly, but at the same time it was somewhat predictable - I never really felt surprised by the twists but maybe that's the point to a degree..

Will be reading the next one though, so obviously I still liked it enough! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Sexual violence, Rape, Violence, Domestic abuse, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Mental illness, Abandonment, Gaslighting, Gun violence, and Pregnancy

taylorwalker64's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse

Moderate: Abandonment

becca_w_'s review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad tense 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Violence, Confinement, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Sexual content, Child death, Child abuse, Gore, Grief, Medical content, Vomit, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Medical trauma, Toxic friendship, Classism, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Infertility, Physical abuse, Alcoholism, Blood, Bullying, Death, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Rape, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Emotional abuse and Abandonment

Minor: Mental illness and Adult/minor relationship

I put the adult/minor relationship tag because technically speaking there is a relationship between an 18 year old and a 15 year old. That said, the age gap is 2 and a half years and isn't too much cause for concern in my opinion.

bbrewer14's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful lighthearted reflective sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

From the first page, I knew I wouldn’t be able to set this book down. I read it in one night and so much of it resonated with me that I needed a moment to process everything when I turned the final page. 

The characters in the book are more human than I have seen portrayed in a novel in some time. The author helps you feel love and hurt and anger and fear and a gamut of emotions in between, both with and for, each character. The journal entries from the teen years of the main character establish a strong understanding of her reasoning and bond you with her as she travels through her familial relationships and her friendships. The respect you find for her in her confusion and her decisions is deep and strong. The other characters all bring light and dark and love and loss to the table and it is frustrating when you want them to do something to keep with the idea of a fiction novel versus what they should do…be just like people and do just what we do…make mistakes. I will read this again and am looking forward to the sequel. I laughed and cried and loved along with Lily and I am not ready to let her go just yet. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Child death, and Violence

Moderate: Child death, Blood, Rape, Medical content, Sexual violence, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Alcoholism, and Death of parent

Minor: Cancer, Abandonment, Infertility, and Vomit

blve0live's review against another edition

emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, Physical abuse, Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Gun violence

Minor: Abandonment and Alcohol