Reviews tagging 'Chronic illness'

Too Late by Colleen Hoover

7 reviews

zoedonn's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Islamophobia, Grief, Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Addiction, Body horror, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Pregnancy

Minor: Car accident, Death of parent, and Alcohol

tiaralk_26's review against another edition

emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Mental illness, Rape, Toxic relationship, Violence, Murder, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

jess110503's review against another edition

dark emotional fast-paced

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

4.0

Was expecting something similar to verity but it just didn’t have the same effect. The storyline is very good tho and will keep you reading.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Murder, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Confinement, Physical abuse, Blood, Stalking, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Child death, Chronic illness, Car accident, and Abortion

willow_21_05's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful sad tense medium-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

OMG !!! Can I just say how good this book is. Yes it is very very good from my pov, but please please look up the trigger warnings for this book. It is very emotional and the characters are so loveable. I really enjoyed this book and once I was reading I could not put it down. The plot and the characters are just amazing and if you are able to read this book please do. I think it shows alot on how people who do these things to other people can be so manipulative and just straight up mean towards people they '' love ''. This book really opened my eyes at how some relationships may seem all well and good on the outside but they are truely flawed and messed up on the inside.
I have given this book 5 stars because it was a good read for me and I did learn alot from it. I will reccommened this to whoever is able to read it and I would defiantely read this book again. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, and Sexual harassment

gwennnnn's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

3.5

This book was good, but I felt it was trying a little to hard to be edgy.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Kidnapping, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Chronic illness, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, and Murder

Minor: Cancer, Sexism, Police brutality, Abortion, Death of parent, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

jen1804's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.0

I thought this book was okay, 3/5⭐️.
I understand why it was written the way it was through use of Hoover’s explanation at the beginning. But just because I understand why it was written that way doesn’t mean I enjoyed it being written that way. It all became really weirdly disjointed when we edged into the latter half of the book. 
For me personally I didn’t really enjoy the ‘prologue’ and I could have done without it entirely. I understand that to some it may serve a purpose, describing Asa’s and Sloan’s relationship from his psychotic POV, and seeing how different scenes can be through his eyes compared to hers. But personally I feel as though Hoover achieved the display of Asa’s insane thought processes enough throughout the rest of the book, making the prologue a bit redundant and in fact just really grim to read. Like why did the sexual assault scenes need to go into such detail, as though we were reading a smut book. Like no, I don’t wanna read a smut scene about this guy.
I enjoyed the premise of the book, the plot was something new from Hoover, and it was really interesting to be inside the mind of someone continuously experiencing emotional, domestic, physical and sexual abuse, how trapped they feel due to their circumstances and how frightened they are. Though I have definitely read other books in the past which describe this state of being in a much more harrowing way, getting across the mindset of the victim in a much more heart hitting way.
I quite liked the romance between Luke/Carter and Sloan and they had a lot of really cute moments together. It was great to read a romance story with this obstacle of another person being in play - that being Asa. Although at times I felt that perhaps the ‘love’ between them was a bit too one dimensional if that makes sense? Perhaps I believe that the love was formed too fast and I needed it to be built on more.
That being said this book felt longer than necessary (?make it make sense?) and after chapter 45 and the epilogue I kind of lost interest. I think it could have been wrapped up/edited down better, but again I understand why it wasn’t.
Satisfactory ending? Eventually, yes, but why was the kid named Dalton and not Carter?!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Blood, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Gaslighting

Moderate: Addiction, Child death, Death, Sexism, Sexual assault, Blood, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Child abuse, Chronic illness, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Police brutality, Medical trauma, and Pregnancy

emilia_wdm's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Chronic illness, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Stalking, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment