Reviews tagging 'Eating disorder'

Heart Bones by Colleen Hoover

60 reviews

paulaks's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring 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

Now I get why everyone calls this THE summer book! I loved every second reading this book which I didn't expect. The book deals with some deep topics as usual (CoHo books) and gives some great lessons to the reader. Also the quotes and the title meaning? Perfection. 
I don't want to give away too much but I can tell you that this is my favourite Colleen Hoover book so far! Pro tips: Read it in the summer to make a better reading experience and right now (August, 2022) you can get the book on kindle unlimited for free. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug use, and Death of parent

Moderate: Grief

Minor: Eating disorder and Sexual harassment

elyne's review against another edition

emotional hopeful lighthearted fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent

Moderate: Drug use

Minor: Eating disorder

phippsmr's review against another edition

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Grief, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Abandonment

kirstennickole's review against another edition

emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

spoiler maybe?? no specific details. click at ur own risk

THE TWIST TOWARD THE END SAMSON WTF i still love u tho bae i don’t blame u 🫶🏻

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse and Death of parent

Moderate: Eating disorder

Minor: Sexual harassment

stuckinth3crowdz's review against another edition

challenging hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

I loved this book, and just because it's rated 3.75 doesn't mean it was terrible! I loved the characters, and the plot twist was so shocking but it adds to the story so much more. I just wish there was an epilogue because then it would really put it all together for me. I 100% do recommend to anyone who's a COHO fan or has been debating whether they should read it or not. 

And it's a happy ending btw !!!!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Sexual assault, and Death of parent

“Maybe we did grow heart bones. But what if the only way of knowing you grew a heart bone is by feeling the agony caused by the break?”

hollymileham's review against another edition

emotional slow-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

such an easy read with the best summer vibes. loved beyah and sara's dynamic and beyah's growth as a character. didnt love the stuff after the plot twist and the ending was kind of rushed and slightly unbelievable but i did enjoy this nonetheless

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction and Death of parent

Minor: Eating disorder

bellaguiliano's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Grief, and Death of parent

lily_kruse's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring lighthearted reflective fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Drug use, Sexual assault, Death of parent, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Alcoholism, Cursing, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Eating disorder, and Alcohol

kelseyfontaine'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

I really loved this CoHo book! I’ve been working on reading summer themed books this summer, and this one was a perfect fit for that genre.

Beyah’s upbringing was extremely sad, considering she pretty much had to raise herself. It broke my heart when it was revealed that she had to have sex with someone in order to make money to feed herself. But, it was extremely inspiring to see her get a scholarship to Penn State for volleyball despite all of her hardship.

When she went to Texas and connected with Sara, Samson, and Marcos, I really started to see character development in her, which I loved. While I haven’t gone through the trauma that she had, I could relate a bit with her in terms of having to come out of your shell a little, even when it was uncomfortable. I loved her relationship with Samson, it seemed pretty pure and caused Beyah to change a lot (in a good way).

I kind of saw the classic CoHo twist coming, with Samson getting in trouble with the law. I was able to piece together the puzzle as the book went along, until the night that the police came into the house. But, even though I wasn’t taken off guard, I think the twist made sense in the story.

A downside for me was about how hung up Beyah was on Samson. I understand worrying about a guy a little bit after they go to jail, but putting things in perspective, it had only been 2 months or so. Don’t get me wrong, their love for each other was strong, but that aspect of it was kind of hard for me to relate to personally.

Overall, I loved this summer read by CoHo and would recommend!! You could say I grew heart bones…

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, and Death of parent

Moderate: Death, Drug use, and Grief

Minor: Eating disorder

ecravens's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious 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? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse and Death of parent

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Body shaming and Eating disorder