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annabananadel's review against another edition
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
“Hearts don’t have bones. They can’t actually break.”
What? Another Colleen Hoover book? Guess what. It’s to get me out of a book slump, okay? Tsk.
And it did it's job because I was out of it. It's the usual Colleen Hoover book that I came to get used to after reading almost all of her books (yes, I'm an OG fan - back in the early 2010s; I was even in her Wattpad era, sue me). To be honest, I'm writing this review after a week has passed and I can't even remember what the names are lol (let me google). Beyah and Samson. At this point, I'm amazed CoHo can still make up these names.
Heart Bones is somehow like her other books where it starts out with the heaviest backstory for it's main character. Beyah really is just one of those FMC that has that saddest backstory - how she was a one-night stand child, how her mother is an addict, how her father sort of abandoned her to her mother, and how the people in that town, especially Dakota, treated her. At some point, I was just done with her reminder of her social status. Yes, you are poor, Beyah. But you don't have to keep slamming that fact into the reader's conscious. You have an opportunity to not be poor if you could have just told your father of it - he is willing to help.
Then she had to live in her father's amazing house with his amazing wife and step-daughter. That's when she met Samson, who's this mysterious boy who's living next door. I can't get into much details as it would be a spoiler but I rated it as an okay book because I thoroughly enjoyed reading the first half of the book and maybe some of the next few chapters after that but the revelation and ending was sort of a disappointment. But maybe that's just me because I've met a lot of other people who loved this book and even cried when reading it.
Will this stop me from reading other CoHo books? Definitely not.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Addiction, Death, and Death of parent
Moderate: Bullying and Sexual content
ksmith_23's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
funny
lighthearted
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
3.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Addiction, Grief, Death of parent, and Abandonment
Moderate: Child abuse, Cursing, Drug abuse, Grief, and Classism
Minor: Bullying and Sexual content
whosfernn's review against another edition
emotional
relaxing
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? No
3.75
Colleen Hoover writing an almost non-toxic male lead? Someone call the BBC. Heavy on that 'almost' though. A good book. It had very cute, summery romance vibes, and if I had to guess I'd definitely say this would be a good beach read. Maybe I should've saved this one for the summer.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Addiction, Death, Sexual content, Blood, Death of parent, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Fire/Fire injury and Classism
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Bullying, and Pedophilia
nat13lizardo's review against another edition
dark
emotional
funny
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
3.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Abandonment
Moderate: Addiction, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Grief, Death of parent, and Alcohol
chronicallyplotting's review against another edition
emotional
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? It's complicated
5.0
This book was addicting like all of the CoHo books I have read. Had some obvious predictably to it, but also a lot of twists I did not see coming. I loved the characters, and how diverse they were. Learning about their different paths and how they shaped who they had become and why they make the choices they make. Very powerful book that highlights poverty vs wealth and the drug epidemic going on. The book also powerfully highlights the assumptions we make about people before knowing their stories and how flawed the justice system can be.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Addiction, Bullying, Sexual content, and Death of parent
_malia_pt's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
tense
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
3.75
Content Warnings
Moderate: Addiction, Bullying, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Grief, Death of parent, and Abandonment
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