Reviews tagging 'Police brutality'

Confess by Colleen Hoover

19 reviews

rainbowbaby's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense slow-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

3.75

The ending made the discomfort and frustration felt during the majority of this book a little more palatable. If you want to be

Spoiler

p*ssed off at a POS cop abusing his power and grow tired of a bitchy MIL withholding a child from their birth mother, look no further. The scenes depicting the sexual violence are not graphic but are triggering for sure.

if you want more of an emotional (have tissues on hand) romance arc with less gore and suspense than Verity, this may be for you! Also, rest assured that nothing happens to the cat :)

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Addiction, Police brutality, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Stalking, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Car accident, Drug abuse, Grief, Rape, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Sexual content, and Terminal illness

samburkhouse's review

emotional tense fast-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? No

3.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Drug abuse, Grief, Gaslighting, Addiction, Death, Sexual content, and Car accident

Minor: Alcohol, Medical content, and Police brutality

jneverland's review

dark emotional lighthearted reflective tense fast-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? No

4.5

---

Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Sexual assault, Gaslighting, Domestic abuse, Police brutality, Chronic illness, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Drug use, Medical content, and Rape

Minor: Gun violence, Hate crime, Terminal illness, and Sexual content

brinasatt's review

fast-paced

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

2.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Rape, Emotional abuse, Grief, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Addiction, Car accident, Death, Drug use, and Police brutality

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Gun violence, Gaslighting, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Pregnancy, Stalking, and Adult/minor relationship

the_readingfox's review against another edition

emotional fast-paced

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

2.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Police brutality, Addiction, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Drug abuse, Pregnancy, and Death

kdscolley's review

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

I was SOBBING within the first 5 pages, Colleen. How dare you break my fucking heart like that! 

But then...I guess you repaired it equally as heartbreakingly, so maybe I'll forgive you.

Auburn hasn't had the easiest last few years, and moving to a town where she doesn't know many people was even harder, but necessary. Meeting Owen on a whim and his painting confessions was not what she thought would help her in her situation. Their connection was insane and so well written. I guessed a few of the plot twist things early on, but I don't know if everyone will. They were pretty damn good twists. What a wonderfully cyclical book.

---

Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Sexual assault

Minor: Police brutality and Drug use

cabnix's review

emotional inspiring mysterious 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? No

5.0

I have read all of Colleen Hoovers most popular books, including Verity, It Ends/It Starts With Us, Ugly Love, November 9, and Hopeless, and this one is my absolute favorite. I started reading this book knowing absolutely nothing about is and I am so glad I did. I finished it so fast because I genuinely could not put it down. The prologue already had me in tears and Auburn immediately had my heart (I am also a hairdresser so I connected with her on that level too). This book deserves so much more attention, I am absolutely in love with it. This will probably be my favorite book for a long time.

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Violence, Police brutality, Sexual assault, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Addiction, Alcoholism, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, and Physical abuse

Minor: Car accident

hopeec's review

emotional sad tense 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? No

3.75

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood

Moderate: Alcohol, Car accident, Death, Death of parent, Drug use, Drug abuse, Medical content, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Sexual assault, Terminal illness, and Violence

v1l25's review

challenging emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

3.5

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual harassment, Physical abuse, Cursing, Sexual content, Stalking, Addiction, Car accident, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Drug use, Gaslighting, Grief, Police brutality, and Pregnancy

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.

---

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