Reviews tagging 'Drug abuse'

Heart Bones by Colleen Hoover

166 reviews

rbadz's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad 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

4.0

Very readable and well paced. Some hard hitting topics,  but you get into the characters' world and want to find out what happens.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Death of parent, and Abandonment

Moderate: Child abuse, Death, Sexual content, Grief, Dysphoria, and Classism

lapplegate's review against another edition

fast-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

4.0

A sweet young adult love story. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse and Death of parent

jesmardru's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Chronic illness, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Grief, Death of parent, and Alcohol

samarama9's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad tense fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Sexual violence, Grief, and Death of parent

sldibened's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-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: Addiction, Body shaming, Drug abuse, Drug use, Sexual content, Grief, Death of parent, and Abandonment

ksanderss's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring fast-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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, and Death of parent

alannah12321's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective fast-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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Body shaming, Child abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Grief, and Death of parent

sponberry's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug abuse

Minor: Adult/minor relationship and Drug abuse

folded_between_pages_of_books's review against another edition

emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad fast-paced

• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Drug abuse, Sexual content, Death of parent, and Abandonment

saraah07's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful reflective fast-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? No

4.75

Ok I know I picked up a Colleen Hoover book. I've read so many books of hers but still I didn't know what to expect from it. Anytime I read her books it's at my own risk. But out of all the Colleen Hoover books I've read,  'Heart Bones' is probably my favourite one.
With this author it's really hard to predict how the book is going to end and sometimes there aren't plot twists until the very end. Which changes your thoughts on the characters and the overall dynamic of the book. Which is what happened in this book.
I loved all the characters. And the storyline was so well thought out, you can easily tell. The way everything is linked is so satisfying and when you finally find out things that were not said at the start things start to make sense. 
The main characters Beyah and Samson,

if that's his real name

  are both immensely troubled. But they find peace with each other because they see themselves in each other. There story is beautiful and definitely not conventional when it comes to finding love. But it works for them. 
There were times that I wanted to cry for Beyah because of how much she had gone through but she still managed to be functional and think of other people without drowning in their own grief. And for Samson. His character development was really good. I think he had a lot of demons from his past that he found hard to overcome. Beyah saw this too. 
It would be a Colleen Hoover book without some really heavy trauma and with some shocking plot twists. But atleas this ending will make you smile.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Death of parent, Abandonment, and Alcohol