Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

Hopeless by Colleen Hoover

18 reviews

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

cass_booktok's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

3.75

The book started off really slow. I can't even tell you how many times I almost DNF'd this book. The chapters were just boring in the beginning, but Colleen Hoover is definitely the queen of plot twists because every time I wanted to shut the book out if frustration, she came up with something that kept me wanting to read. I do think that this book is necessary, it sends out the right message for girls who might have gone through something extremely traumatic like Sky went through, I honestly expected this book to be a romance and let me tell you. The romance in the way that I usually read is not up there but it still is a good book, well written, just very slow, slow in the same way It Starts With Us is. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Gun violence, Incest, Rape, Alcohol, Blood, Death, Death of parent, Addiction, Sexual assault, Kidnapping, Child abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, and Self harm

jillianp's review against another edition

dark emotional medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Rape, Grief, Suicide, Abandonment, Death, Kidnapping, Child abuse, and Death of parent

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

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

hannibanani29's review

emotional sad medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Bullying, Child abuse, Incest, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide, and Pedophilia

Moderate: Death of parent, Homophobia, Kidnapping, Gun violence, Cursing, and Grief

Minor: Blood, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Drug use, and Hate crime

pippamillerxoxo_'s review against another edition

challenging dark hopeful mysterious sad 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Car accident, Gaslighting, Grief, Gun violence, Adult/minor relationship, Police brutality, Addiction, Incest, Child abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Abandonment, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Alcohol, Death, Gore, Medical content, Blood, and Rape

adrianna_0623's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Suicide, Kidnapping, Sexual assault, and Gun violence

modjeskapup's review

emotional hopeful mysterious sad medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Grief, Kidnapping, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Rape, Suicide, and Adult/minor relationship

cortlandhilla's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

3.75

I honestly thought that Holden was going to be the bad guy. In some ways he was, but not like your typical narcissist who plays the girl to make her fall in love with him. Now, do I agree that he hid all that information from Sky (Hope)? No. But I can see why. Also, it’s a book lol. Colleen Hoover can make any character do what she wants for any reason. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death of parent, Death, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Pedophilia, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicide, Alcoholism, Blood, Abandonment, Addiction, and Violence

a_alves00's review

dark emotional inspiring sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Gun violence, Incest, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Car accident, Child abuse, Child death, Kidnapping, Rape, and Sexual content