Reviews tagging 'Injury/injury detail'

Ugly Love, by Colleen Hoover

36 reviews

meaghanpal's review against another edition

emotional sad medium-paced

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

1.75

Like a hallmark movie in book form, predictable yet somewhat entertaining. The writing style leaves lots to be desired.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gaslighting, Grief, Injury/injury detail, Car accident, Pregnancy, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

shaylee_n_20's review against another edition

emotional 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Car accident, and Child death

Moderate: Grief, Medical content, and Injury/injury detail

Minor: Cursing, Death of parent, and Abandonment

sarahmae531's review against another edition

emotional tense medium-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

4.0

Another love/not so much love relationship with a CoHo book. I both really enjoyed the characters but also found them getting on my nerves. Had some tropes that I really enjoy and others that I’m not a fan of. I’m still going to pick up more of her books, because the plot and story lines are always interesting and I can’t put them down, but the writing is something I’m trying to get used to. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Sexual content

Moderate: Pregnancy and Injury/injury detail

umarshahzad's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Spoiler

Ugly Love has got to be one of my fave reads by CoHo. It depicts the themes of PTSD, trauma, and emotional detachment really well. We follow the story fo two characters, Miles and Tate. Tate is a free reign girl that wants to start a fresh life, whilst Miles is an introvert that is very cordoned off from the beginning. Throughout the book, wee the development of both characters and how their lives part and collide with each other. We also get to find out why Miles is always very shy and not as energetic as Tate, and how him and his then wife Rachel had lost their baby in a car crash in water. It shows us the impact of memories and the guilt that Miles had to go through to believe that it was his fault whilst it was the opposite. We also see their personalities going in the reverse direcation to each other. For example, Tate at the start is a very eager girl and when she meets Miles, she feels like her life is going smooth, until we find out that Miles has a lot of trauma behind his past. Furthermore, we see Miles going in to opposite direction. He starts off as being very private and not meddling with anyone else's lives if they don't meddle with his, until he meets Tate and opens up to her about his guilt and his horrific past. We also see Rachel, who was Miles's ex, POV which I felt like was needed in this type of story, and how Miles was very developed and happy during his time with Clayton, their son. It also shows how impactful some post-trauma can be and how Miles blamed himself for the whole accident until he met with Rachel and she consoled him. Ugly Love deals with neglect and shows how even though there are some parts that are bad, it is the happy moments in the book and the lives of Tate and Miles that make up for the ugly love

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Child death, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Mental illness, Sexual content, Pregnancy, Torture, Alcohol, Death, Injury/injury detail, Sexual assault, and Toxic relationship

eliana_benyam's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Alcoholism, Car accident, Cursing, Death, Injury/injury detail, and Toxic relationship

brynhayes's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Grief, Injury/injury detail, Alcohol, Child death, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Death, Pregnancy, and Sexual content

sphieidk's review against another edition

emotional medium-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident and Sexual content

Moderate: Child death

Minor: Injury/injury detail and Pregnancy

s_elsted's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Sexual content

Moderate: Child death, Pregnancy, and Car accident

Minor: Homophobia, Infidelity, Injury/injury detail, Medical content, Abortion, Blood, Cancer, Death of parent, and Violence

cannesi's review against another edition

fast-paced

1.0

I always have to give a star because any published author deserves to get some points back by just writing. All I have to say is it's beyond bizarre and I hated how some of the chapters were constructed.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Pregnancy, Medical content, Injury/injury detail, Grief, Death, Cursing, Child death, Car accident, Blood, and Alcohol

fr4n_m's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted sad medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Child death, Car accident, Death of parent, and Injury/injury detail