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lindsey22landrum's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Child abuse, Rape, Sexual content, Suicide, and Kidnapping
Moderate: Alcoholism, Cursing, Violence, and Death of parent
Minor: Alcohol
slut4_smut's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
0.5
I was waiting for Holden to hit her the entire book, and waiting for “Sky” to realize that she wasn’t experiencing lust for the first time but fight or flight.
I then got to page 149 where something sinister comes to light and couldn’t read this book word for word anymore. I don’t know if it says something about the predictability but I was able to skip absolute chapters without missing a single important thing.
Trauma as a plot device seems sloppy but I’m not an author.
Moderate: Death, Incest, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Kidnapping, Stalking, and Sexual harassment
Minor: Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, and Car accident
hannah2896's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Incest, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Blood, Kidnapping, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Alcohol
xgabrielle_hx's review against another edition
- 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
4.0
Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail
brynhayes's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide, Kidnapping, Grief, and Death of parent
elisalasater's review against another edition
- 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? No
3.5
Graphic: Incest, Rape, Sexual assault, and Kidnapping
Moderate: Alcoholism, Misogyny, Suicide, Police brutality, and Alcohol
art3m1sxx's review against another edition
- 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? It's complicated
4.5
There are time jumps that could seem annoying to most, but in my opinion I found it helped the story. I had an inkling about a few things, but was still surprised at all of the twists!
I’m giving it a 4/5 as in my opinion, there should definitely be trigger warnings in the beginning of the book — but overall I really enjoyed it!!!
Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death, Incest, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicide, Grief, Death of parent, and Alcohol
Moderate: Bullying
paperbackmystique_and_co's review against another edition
- 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
5.0
This actually was an incredibly difficult read. I didn't read any trigger warnings before going into this one, and OH BOY do I wish I had.
I don't know how Colleen Hoover writes what she does and if she's experienced some of the completely heartwrenching topics she takes on in her books, but she sincerely does an amazing job creating characters and writing these plots to help people relate to characters that feel REAL.
At this point, I'm just throwing around 5 star ratings like it's going out of style, and though this book was quite slow at times, which I don't often experience with a CoHo book I still really enjoyed it.
"He reacts the way he does because there’s only one side to Dean Holder.
Passionate.
He’s passionate about life, about love, about his words, about Les. And I’ll be damned if I wasn’t just added to his list. The intensity he conveys isn’t unnerving…it’s beautiful. I’ve gone so long trying to find ways to feel numb any chance I get, but seeing the enthusiasm behind his eyes right now…it makes me want to feel every single thing about life. The good, the bad, the beautiful, the ugly, the pleasure, the pain. I want that. I want to start feeling life the same way he does. And my first step to doing so starts with this hopeless boy in front of me who’s pouring his heart out, searching for that perfect word, wanting desperately to help me add feeling back into living.
Back into living."
"He fills me with his honesty, his love for me, and for a moment…he fills me with a piece of our forevers. I grasp his shoulders and move with him, feeling everything. Every single beautiful thing"
"We wrap our arms around each other and we cry. We cry mother to daughter. We cry aunt to niece. We cry victim to victim. We cry survivor to survivor."
“You know sometimes when your daddy makes you cry?”
I nod my head and try not to cry just thinking about it. I don’t know how Dean knows that my daddy is always the reason why I’m crying, but he does.
“Will you promise me that when he makes you sad, you’ll think about the sky?”
I don’t know why he wants me to promise him that but I nod anyway. “But why?”
“Because.” He turns his face back up to the stars. “The sky is always beautiful. Even when it’s dark or rainy or cloudy, it’s still beautiful to look at. It’s my favorite thing because I know if I ever get lost or lonely or scared, I just have to look up and it’ll be there no matter what...and I know it’ll always be beautiful. It’s what you can think about when your daddy is making you sad, so you don’t have to think about him.”
Graphic: Rape
Moderate: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Physical abuse, and Kidnapping
amberlinanderson's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Incest, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicide, Kidnapping, and Death of parent
Minor: Car accident
pompii's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Moderate: Child abuse, Death, Suicide, and Kidnapping
Minor: Alcoholism