Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Confess by Colleen Hoover

57 reviews

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

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

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

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

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: Sexual assault, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, and Addiction

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

Minor: Pregnancy

hollyplayer'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 of parent, Drug abuse, Physical abuse, and Death

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: 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

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

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

cabnix's review against another edition

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.

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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

etchrose's review against another edition

emotional funny sad fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault

Moderate: Addiction and Drug abuse

Minor: Death of parent and Death