Reviews tagging Sexual harassment

Confess, by Colleen Hoover

22 reviews

pippamillerxoxo_'s review against another edition

emotional hopeful mysterious 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Emotional abuse, Pregnancy, Terminal illness, Drug abuse, Violence, Car accident, Death, Physical abuse, Grief, Medical content, Sexual assault, Drug use, Medical trauma, Rape, Addiction, Toxic relationship, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, and Gaslighting

brookey8888's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad fast-paced

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

3.25

I enjoyed this. It was a little boring at first and they were Some plot twists that I didn’t see it coming. I liked the Auburn as a main character Owen was OK at first he was really weird to me but he got better and the secret wasn’t that big of a deal and I kind of saw it coming. There’s some more serious contact in this so trigger warning for sexual assault, emotional abuse, physical abuse, addiction, and some other things. I really like the artwork included in this. That was a good touch and I do wish we got a little more confessions because those are really interesting.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Child death, Gaslighting, Grief, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Sexual assault, Physical abuse, Sexual harassment, Stalking, Toxic relationship, Infidelity, Injury/injury detail, Emotional abuse, Police brutality, Alcoholism, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, and Violence

mhairi_reads's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Gaslighting, Rape, Terminal illness, Injury/injury detail, Car accident, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Child death, Violence, Addiction, Grief, Sexual harassment, Bullying, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Death, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Alcohol

Minor: Body shaming and Stalking

isabelleroyall'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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Terminal illness, Sexual assault, Stalking, Sexual harassment, and Car accident

bellapezzato's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective sad tense 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

5.0

Could this be my new favorite CoHo book? Very much so. OMG (those who read it will understand lol), I could not put it down, I don’t think I ever felt so angry at fictional characters as I did with some from “Confession”, and loved others with the same intensity. This book is amazing. I can’t stop thinking about it, guess I’ll have to watch the series now.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Alcohol, Addiction, Child death, Grief, Stalking, Alcoholism, Car accident, Death, Death of parent, Police brutality, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Terminal illness, Sexual harassment, and Mental illness

bizarabooks's review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad tense 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? It's complicated

4.25

This book is a rollercoaster of emotions, I went from smiling to crying. Despite being part of the 'insta love' trope the book develops in to so much more than that and the connection between the characters is so believable. The book moves so quickly and I love that we get to see Auburn's and Owen's POV's as we really get to get in to the characters feelings and emotions. It's my first COHO book and I can't wait to read more from her. A truly amazing and heart wrenching book would definitely recommend but please read trigger warnings before hand.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Cancer, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Addiction, and Gaslighting

chloe_covell_'s review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

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

3.5

Finished this book in about 4 hours. Wasn’t bad but it wasn’t my favorite. I didn’t really connect with the characters/romance and at times it was very cliche. One plot line in this book even gave me the ick. (if you read this book you will know what part I’m talking about)

I did really appreciate the confession part of it. I know that all confessions in this book were real, and written by real people and somehow that gave me comfort. Even though some of the confessions were horrible, somehow someone had the courage to write that and release that secret into the world. 

3.5 ⭐️

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Medical trauma, Police brutality, Pregnancy, Drug use, Drug abuse, Domestic abuse, Car accident, Grief, and Medical content

Minor: Sexual content

abitofapoet's review against another edition

dark emotional medium-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

4.5

This book was so, so good. It pulled at my heart strings and made me feel so much for the main characters, especially Auburn. I wasn't bored a moment of listening to this, and needed to know what was happening as soon as possible. It was hard to put down. 

I will say though, that as someone who has been in a sexually and emotionally abusive relationship before, it was triggering at parts. It wasn’t very graphic, but the abusive character (i won’t say the name bc spoilers) was written SO realistically, it made me feel genuinely sick at a couple points. I really did feel Auburn’s helplessness. 

If you’re looking for a sad romance with a good ending, this is it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Addiction, Death, Sexual content, Drug abuse, Cancer, Death of parent, and Physical abuse

Minor: Pregnancy

Spoiler

screw you trey

alainasanders's review against another edition

fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Sexual harassment, and Sexual content

Moderate: Alcohol

aliciamenday's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Drug abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, and Emotional abuse