Reviews tagging 'Homophobia'

Without Merit by Colleen Hoover

19 reviews

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

mimiisbooks's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

2.0

This is one of the most bizarre book I've ever read. This is unhinged af
I would read he either books ironically.
They wear fucked up outfits and all of them are unhinged.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty and Animal death

Moderate: Homophobia and Sexual content

Minor: Transphobia

ellabella2's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective tense 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

3.25

it’s different from colleen’s book in that it focuses more on conflict within a family rather than a relationship between just two people. there is only one sex scene but it doesn’t actually happen it the characters end it making it so the book rarely has any physical forms of kissing in it. the love between the merit and sagan slowly form throughout the book but very slowly that it’s literally painful and in the end their connection/love isn’t how I expected her to write her books. no sex scenes just pure and innocent love

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Homophobia

denijaaa_s's review against another edition

funny fast-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest

Moderate: Animal death, Homophobia, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Mental illness

thor's review against another edition

1.0

i cannot provide a short and sweet summary of how much was wrong with this book. a deeply patronising surface level look at depression but everything is tied up with an incredibly neat bow at the end. the narrator is deeply misogynistic, homophobic, biphobic, and ableist, and she does not apologise or realise the error of her ways for all of these things. she is deeply, deeply horrible to everybody else in her family and life and blames THEM for her being so horrible to them. also there is a truly alarming amount of incest in this book, including one of the final couples being incestuous (well, step-incest). 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Biphobia, Homophobia, Incest, and Misogyny

esther_nwaokoro's review against another edition

dark sad tense slow-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? Yes

2.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Drug abuse, Infidelity, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Ableism, Addiction, Cancer, Homophobia, Incest, and Abandonment

lily_sutton's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Animal death, Incest, and Terminal illness

Minor: Homophobia

nicolewithbooks's review against another edition

• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Suicide attempt, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Chronic illness, Cursing, Homophobia, Grief, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Minor: Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, and Terminal illness

Neglectful parents

missrosymaplemoth's review against another edition

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness and Outing

Moderate: Cancer, Death, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Cursing, Drug abuse, Homophobia, Sexual assault, Vomit, and Alcohol

zchaensich's review against another edition

emotional funny medium-paced

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

3.5

I enjoyed this book. I think the ending especially was really well done and left me feeling like the plot and conflicts were thought out. I didn't feel myself pulled to it and anxious to find out more, and that is what really catches my attention. I think it was a little slow to start, but once the action started happening it was interesting to read. I feel like all of the characters I liked, but none of them I really cared for and was rooting for. I generally felt indifferent to them until the very end, when I was happy there was some resolution. I enjoyed the book and it was entertaining, but definitely isn't my favorite Colleen Hoover book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Alcohol

Moderate: Animal death and Incest

Minor: Homophobia