Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Confesse by Colleen Hoover

68 reviews

bluelou7's review against another edition

1.5

i hadn’t read a colleen hoover book before, but i read it as a buddy read with my friend and i only finished it because i want to reach my reading goal. i didn’t like any of the characters and there wasn’t much plot to make up for it. both of the guys are really problematic and the sex scenes were badly written, toxic and it didn’t seem like there was consent. owens art was ugly and i wish we didn’t have to see it, if it had just been described i could have imagined it instead of having to look at the pictures. overall it was very boring and i hope i don’t ever read a book similar to it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Drug abuse and Emotional abuse

Minor: Gun violence, Violence, Grief, Car accident, and Death of parent

booooooook_person's review against another edition

1.5

This was the first collen hoover book I ever read and I hope it will be the last. The only reason I actually finished this is because I was buddy reading it with a friends and she needed to finish this book to reach er yearly reading goal. I hated all the characters and it was so incredibly boring that I sometimes chose to do absolutely nothing over trying to finish this book. I wish the book hadn’t added actual photos of Owen’s art, because then I could’ve at least imagined that he was a good artist. I thought the sex scenes would’ve at least been kinda decently written, since collen hoover is known to have a lot of sex in her books, but even the scenes where both characters gave consent, it seemed like I was reading a non consensual sex scene. I hated this book deeply and it showed me how little i could care about a story.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cancer, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, and Alcohol

Minor: Child death, Death, Gun violence, Violence, Grief, Car accident, and Death of parent

nbh379's review against another edition

emotional hopeful tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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

Moderate: Addiction, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Physical abuse, and Gaslighting

Minor: Death of parent

maddison20's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful sad tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Car accident, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Addiction, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Drug use, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Blood, Car accident, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

Minor: Addiction, Cancer, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Car accident, and Death of parent

chels984's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Chronic illness, Drug abuse, Drug use, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, and Sexual harassment

ssyme's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful tense 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, and Gaslighting

Minor: Drug abuse, Car accident, and Death of parent

zafiro_o's review against another edition

dark emotional sad fast-paced

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

4.0

Wow, this is the first Colleen Hoover book that I actually kind of really liked. The first is "It Starts With Us" even though I hated "It Ends With Us". I liked the idea of the plot and the challenges of the characters since they are 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child death, Drug abuse, Terminal illness, and Death of parent

Minor: Pregnancy

hollyplebeau's review against another edition

emotional inspiring lighthearted fast-paced

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

4.0

The book had a full circle moment from prologue to the end and it was great. All my questions I had about the characters and storyline were answered in the last chapter. This was a fast pace quick read but was good. I thought the concept of paintings inspired by people's confessions was really interesting!

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death, Drug abuse, Physical abuse, and Death of parent

thebookpaiges's review against another edition

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

Moderate: Sexual content, Grief, and Pregnancy

mrs_gale's review against another edition

dark emotional sad 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? No

4.5

First Coleen Hoover novel I've read and I now understand her popularity. I enjoyed this book so much I actually wish it was a bit longer so some parts could be explored or expanded further. The confession inspired art was a cool idea and I liked the inclusion of the art images in the book too. I thought Owen and Emory were great, I love their individual dorkiness and found them interesting. The main character I didn't have such a connection with, she was boring and weak and so the strength she finds at the very end doesn't work for me. I really liked how the ending explained the connection, very sweet. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Grief

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Grief, Car accident, and Death of parent