A review by redheadbookgirl
Hopeless by Colleen Hoover
dark
emotional
inspiring
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
READ IF YOU LIKE:
โค๏ธโ๐ฉน Stories of hope + healing
โณ Alternating timelines/flashbacks
โ๐ผ Academic settings
๐ช๏ธ Romances with a big twist
๐ฉ๐ผโ๐ YA vibes/school age charactersย
๐๐ผ Emotional + MOVING stories
๐ FIRST RELATIONSHIP romanceย
๐ก Small town settings
โ๏ธ THOUGHTS:
This is a seriously under-rated CoHo read.. I can't believe its taken me this long to read it! I was NOT expecting the heart-shattering story that this unravelled into, and it broke my heart. This book is filled with love, sadness, dispair, hope and just about every other emotion imaginable. It's a story of love, survival and strength.
โ๐โ๐ฏ๐ ๐๐๐๐ง ๐ฅ๐จ๐จ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ๐ฅ๐ ๐๐๐ฆ๐ง ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐.โ
Sky and Holder were real, likeable, relatable characters, and I felt every single emotion they experienced throughout the plot. I LOVED Sky. She was blunt, sarcastic and strong: she was real. Holder was.. well he was Holder. He captured my heart with the way he supported Sky without question.ย
โ๐ ๐ฎ๐๐ค ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ข๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฌ, ๐๐ค๐ฒ. ๐๐ก๐ ๐จ๐ง๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฆ๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฌ.โ
The chemistry between the two, and the intensity and passion of their partnership as it developed felt believable, as they supported one another through a shared journey of horrifying revelations, deeply buried memories, trauma and finally healing.
โ๐๐ ๐๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐๐ซ. ๐๐ ๐๐ซ๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ง๐ข๐๐๐. ๐๐ ๐๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ข๐๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฏ๐ข๐๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ. ๐๐ ๐๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ๐ซ.โ
This was a heart-wrenching, beautiful, devestating and uplifting story of surviving. I'd recommend reading this but do check the content first, as there's some pretty dark topics discussed.
โค๏ธโ๐ฉน Stories of hope + healing
โณ Alternating timelines/flashbacks
โ๐ผ Academic settings
๐ช๏ธ Romances with a big twist
๐ฉ๐ผโ๐ YA vibes/school age charactersย
๐๐ผ Emotional + MOVING stories
๐ FIRST RELATIONSHIP romanceย
๐ก Small town settings
โ๏ธ THOUGHTS:
This is a seriously under-rated CoHo read.. I can't believe its taken me this long to read it! I was NOT expecting the heart-shattering story that this unravelled into, and it broke my heart. This book is filled with love, sadness, dispair, hope and just about every other emotion imaginable. It's a story of love, survival and strength.
โ๐โ๐ฏ๐ ๐๐๐๐ง ๐ฅ๐จ๐จ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ๐ฅ๐ ๐๐๐ฆ๐ง ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐.โ
Sky and Holder were real, likeable, relatable characters, and I felt every single emotion they experienced throughout the plot. I LOVED Sky. She was blunt, sarcastic and strong: she was real. Holder was.. well he was Holder. He captured my heart with the way he supported Sky without question.ย
โ๐ ๐ฎ๐๐ค ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ข๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฌ, ๐๐ค๐ฒ. ๐๐ก๐ ๐จ๐ง๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฆ๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฌ.โ
The chemistry between the two, and the intensity and passion of their partnership as it developed felt believable, as they supported one another through a shared journey of horrifying revelations, deeply buried memories, trauma and finally healing.
โ๐๐ ๐๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐๐ซ. ๐๐ ๐๐ซ๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ง๐ข๐๐๐. ๐๐ ๐๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ข๐๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฏ๐ข๐๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ. ๐๐ ๐๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ๐ซ.โ
This was a heart-wrenching, beautiful, devestating and uplifting story of surviving. I'd recommend reading this but do check the content first, as there's some pretty dark topics discussed.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Rape, Kidnapping, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence