Reviews tagging 'Addiction'

It Ends with Us by Colleen Hoover

41 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

courtreads1010's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Body horror, Violence, Toxic relationship, and Suicide attempt

blue_789's review against another edition

emotional sad fast-paced

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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, Violence, and Sexual content

Moderate: Addiction

Minor: Vomit

ksamaine95's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-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

I was extremely disappointed with this story. It 97% felt like romanticizing abuse.  Once again, I followed the hype and felt that maybe my feelings were because I'm not the target audience. Or do I know too much? I am unsure how this is one of the more popular colleen hoover books. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Misogyny, Medical content, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Blood, Gaslighting, Addiction, Bullying, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, and Physical abuse

katleyn16's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense 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: Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Addiction, Alcohol, and Blood

missgray's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Violence, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Cursing, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Physical abuse, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

rmsmoonchild's review against another edition

challenging dark tense fast-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death of parent, Alcoholism, Addiction, Cursing, Grief, Suicidal thoughts, Death, and Toxic relationship

cova's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Violence, Sexual violence, Sexual content, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Rape

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Blood, Pregnancy, Death of parent, and Toxic relationship

sandy_77's review against another edition

dark emotional sad fast-paced

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

2.5

Don't think it is right to think that it is okay,I would not recommend for anyone under 18 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Grief, Addiction, Toxic relationship, Violence, Stalking, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Domestic abuse, Toxic friendship, Sexual assault, Sexism, Rape, Physical abuse, Death of parent, Death, Body shaming, and Body horror

Do not recommend for teens or young adult

tigerlilliereads's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful sad fast-paced

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

4.5

This book and author have been spoken about a lot online. Both good and bad , there is a lot of controversy but I had to see for myself.lt’s a difficult topic, but a very real one and a very real situation for many real people (which is also mentioned in the author’s notes). I’m so glad for the ending, I think it’s definitely a book for older readers due to the topic and understanding of the challenges with it. The book could easily be misread as romanticising the situation but I believe it’s an honest and raw account of the realities of dealing with DV; what makes the situation so difficult is that to the people in that moment … it’s not black and white and the book does such a good job of showing and explaining what DV is really like. A heartbreaking harrowing story that many women have to go through in reality. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Blood, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Pregnancy, Emotional abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Alcohol, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Suicide attempt and Suicidal thoughts