Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Hopeless by Colleen Hoover

78 reviews

daniellecook's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

mirandamess139's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault and Death of parent

art3m1sxx's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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? It's complicated

4.5

Listen. I read the reviews before reading this. I read 80 pages the first night, and read the rest today. 

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!!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Death of parent, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Alcohol, Suicide, Child abuse, Death, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, and Incest

Moderate: Bullying

bookowl88's review against another edition

dark emotional tense slow-paced

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

1.0

I know I’m In the minority here but I really had a hard time finishing this book.  I really didn’t like it at all and I have read a lot of Colleen Hoover books so I’m sorry to say this is my least favorite.  
First:  It is excruciatingly slow.  In the beginning we meet Sky, a homeschooled teenage girl who sneaks boys into her room at night to make out with them but doesn’t feel a thing.  
Second:  The male love interest is a secretive moody guy who randomly has rage attacks and treats Hope like crap and she never questions him.  It’s maddening to watch a female character just go along with a guy she doesn’t know very well and completely not questions his moods or how he treats her in them.
Third:  The dialogue is very childish sometimes and wayyy to cheesy to be believable.  

Spoiler

Fourth:  What this book really end up being about is childhood sexual trauma and the entire way it’s handled is very frustrating.  Basically if you find yourself a moody, angsty hot teenage boy who will have sex with you the moment you find out something traumatic you will get through anything life throws you.  You don’t need mental health counselors or professional help, just get a horny teenage boy and whoops there goes all that trauma. 
I really love Colleen Hoover and I’m sad that I couldn’t like this one.  But it really was just unbelievable and I just couldn’t like this book for the fourth reason alone.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Incest, Suicide, Violence, Death of parent, Sexual content, Child abuse, Kidnapping, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, and Grief

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 against another edition

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