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Without Merit by Colleen Hoover

12 reviews

dwdillydally's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny slow-paced

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

3.5

Without Merit (2017) by Collen Hoover
#youngadultfiction #mentalhealth #familydramafiction #slowromance #mildspicy #dwreads24

Finished my first Colleen Hoover book! I wasn't sure that I'd like her flavors (dark modern romance, dysfunctional characters), so I started with a title recommended for teens / young adults. When I say "for teens", this is NOT for tweens / preteens. Here are screenshots of the content warnings I tagged, and I'm happy to elaborate on any of them, if you ask.

Depsite alllllll the CWs listed, I do recommend this to the right teen or to us, non-trendy-readers who are Hoover-curious. If it's too much for you, then you probably won't enjoy Hoover's adult books 

There were so many scenes where I was telling the 17yo main character, "Oh no honey, don't do that. Oh nnnnoo!" 🫣 But overall, this book is about family trauma and mental health - vital to talk about. It's meant to be f_<ed up. How bad can the main character's day-to-day life get before she turns a corner and starts unraveling the mess around her? For me, it was rough to read from the start through the middle, then I slowly came around, and by the end, I was rooting for the main character. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Infidelity, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Vomit, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Animal death, Confinement, Cursing, Drug abuse, Self harm, Sexual content, and Alcohol

Minor: Cancer, Eating disorder, Terminal illness, Car accident, Death of parent, Outing, and Abandonment

kotashomelibrary's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, and Alcohol

Minor: Incest, Infidelity, Grief, Car accident, and Gaslighting

dailbrae's review against another edition

medium-paced

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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Cancer, Chronic illness, Mental illness, Terminal illness, Medical content, Grief, Car accident, and Alcohol

Minor: Animal death, Bullying, Incest, Self harm, Sexual assault, Vomit, Pregnancy, Alcohol, and War

daydaybookbay's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad 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

4.0

I had a tough time relating to Merit since I was on the outside looking in. This wasn't a twisty book, but when all the secrets were revealed, I had to finish reading. I would be interested in more YA novels by CoHo.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Infidelity, Mental illness, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Xenophobia, Vomit, Grief, Suicide attempt, and Alcohol

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Bullying, Cancer, Drug use, Incest, Car accident, and Outing

Minor: Child death and Death

lakshita64's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Terminal illness, Grief, Car accident, Suicide attempt, and War

pippamillerxoxo_'s review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful slow-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Drug use, Incest, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Vomit, Grief, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

ravenclaw_percabeth's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful 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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Animal death, Drug use, Incest, and Terminal illness

Minor: Ableism, Cancer, Genocide, Violence, Vomit, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, and War

niyaslilworld's review against another edition

dark hopeful sad medium-paced

2.0

I'm going to be honest, I really did not like this book. There was no actual plot and that would've been fine if the book had some sense of order, or made up for it in some other aspect. Unfortunately it didn't. Besides the lack of a storyline, it also felt unrealistic and weird, with very questionable situations at points. I found the main character especially to be unlikable, along with a lot of the others. The very minor "relationship", if you can call it that, between Sagan and Merit and the mental health awareness are both some of the very few reasons I'm willing to give this two stars.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Alcohol

Moderate: Vomit

Minor: Animal death, Cancer, and Car accident

aclisham's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional informative mysterious reflective 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

colleen, you did it again!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Alcohol

Moderate: Addiction, Cancer, Chronic illness, Drug use, and Car accident

frantically's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful fast-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Infidelity, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Animal death, Cancer, Sexual content, Car accident, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Biphobia, Child death, Death, Incest, Terminal illness, Transphobia, and War