Reviews tagging 'Infidelity'

Confess by Colleen Hoover

5 reviews

thebookpaiges's review

emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Death, Child death, Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, Alcohol, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Rape, Infidelity, Drug abuse, Terminal illness, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Sexual content, Pregnancy, and Grief

brookey8888's review

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

chloelj27's review against another edition

emotional inspiring 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

4.0

The storyline packed in twists and turns alongside making me feel every emotion. I felt tense through quite a large portion of the book and at times, I directed that mistrust and suspense at the wrong characters. I think that’s one reason I loved this book as you didn’t know who to trust especially the first half of the book. The art included in Confess was breathtaking and so beautiful and powerful. I think it is also worth mentioning how incredible and moving it is that all the confessions mentioned in this book were submitted by real people. With the art, confessions and plot combined, this is a clever, moving book.

Owen really won my heart and that last chapter?! My heart shattered all because it was so heartbreaking but so beautiful and touching all at the same time! I don’t think I connected completely with Auburn but I enjoyed her journey of becoming this strong, young woman and standing up for herself. 

This was a fast paced book (which I love) but at times, it’s felt too fast paced, so I didn’t get the full experience of some scenes. I think this may be why I didn’t connect with Auburn as much as I wanted to (as well as one of her actions in particular despite my feelings about Trey).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Infidelity, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Addiction, Death, Car accident, Alcohol, Death of parent, Terminal illness, and Drug abuse

Minor: Pregnancy

hannibanani29's review

emotional hopeful tense 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: Addiction and Sexual assault

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Child death, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Terminal illness, Death of parent, Medical content, Sexual content, Alcohol, Drug use, Grief, Toxic relationship, Car accident, Cursing, Death, Physical abuse, and Drug abuse

Minor: Pregnancy and Injury/Injury detail

fromjuliereads's review

challenging emotional inspiring reflective tense medium-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

3.0

First things first, I was kind of frustrated when I went searching through reviews and couldn't find trigger warnings. I'm glad I asked a friend beforr I read too far. Friends, please remember that not everyone's triggers are the same... so I will be including trigger warnings - I don't care if they are spoilers or not. 
I liked the book. It was a good story. And the inclusion of the artwork was unique and I loved the art. Especially the idea of the art with the confessions. There was just so much lying and sadness in this book... I think CoHo and I just don't get along in that regard. I want happier stories - I hear enough sad stories about rough lives in real life. But I do think elements of this one were really important and it is well written. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Grief, Physical abuse, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Car accident, Child death, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Medical content, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Violence