Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Hopeless by Colleen Hoover

75 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

shelbybowers20's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Suicide

Moderate: Grief, Sexual content, Adult/minor relationship, Death of parent, Alcoholism, Pedophilia, and Kidnapping

Minor: Incest and Rape

kassidypf13's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death of parent, Rape, Suicide, Incest, and Sexual assault

laurendavies443'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? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Rape, Pedophilia, Domestic abuse, Suicide, Death of parent, Sexual violence, Death, and Incest

heatherann's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Child abuse, Alcoholism, and Death of parent

megwoods's review against another edition

emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

A really emotional read.  I loved the characters throughout the book.  The plot twists had me hooked and I didn't expect them.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Suicide, Death of parent, Kidnapping, Sexual assault, and Incest

fink1129's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Bullying, Child abuse, Death of parent, Grief, Incest, Rape, Suicide, Alcoholism, Kidnapping, Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Pedophilia

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

madisynne_reads's review against another edition

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Sexual assault, Child abuse, Murder, Pedophilia, Death of parent, Suicide, Violence, Kidnapping, and Rape

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