A review by solau2007
Too Late by Colleen Hoover

emotional tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

3/5 
Too Late is up to now my least favorite book of Colleen Hoover. However, it still deserves a 3/5. The concept was good, but I found the characters of Sloan and Luck superficial, without personality and incoherent. 

First, maybe I started this book expecting it to be exceptional because it’s from a popular author. A story described as a Dark Romance in witch a forbidden love grows for sure got my attention. But it lost it fast. Indeed, I had a hard time finishing this reading with his two epilogue and his prologue out at the end. The book was really long, predictable and without deep meaning. 

Next, let’s talk about Sloan. At first, she was described as a badass woman that survives in the shitty world she lives in. It ain’t really what she is. Sloan is a whiny baby that accepts her fatality without fighting. It’s boring to only see her cry and beg. If the author was trying to create a strong female character, she really failed. Another question, where are the social service in this country? With such an irresponsible mother, the kids should have been taken away from her.

Moreover, the characters don’t have any profundity. We never hear about Luck’s inquiry, Asa’s drug trafic or what classes Sloan goes to (despite Spanish). The story is only about the love affair between Sloan and Luck. The most developed character isn’t one of the two protagonists, it’s Asa. He’s the only one who shares with us some moments of this past, moments with his parents. It’s the only one that his back story is coherent with his today’s personality. Yes, it’s more realistic that someone with child abuses becomes a possessive and violent psychopath. Sloan, on the other hand, what the fuck! She is victime of sexual assault many times a day, but the first thing she does when she has the chance is to go fuck another guy. I have no such experience, but aren’t you supposed to be traumatized? Also, I find her stupid. Simply stupid. If she really loved her brother like she said so, she would have fought for him to keep his pension (that and the FBI thing were brillant strategy from Asa by the way). One phone call isn’t what I call fighting. I would have tried every legal thing possible to help my brother before turning towards my ex boyfriend doing a drug traffic. And Luck, can someone tell me why this guy became police officer? Nobody knows! It’s illogic, he doesn’t like his job and moreover he’s bad at it! The only thing he was doing in his was flirting with Sloan. 

Furthermore, I would have prefer a slow burn between Solan and Luck. Their instant love destroy all the beauty of their love story. “Love story” is already a big word considering that Luck is only a lifebelt for Sloan and that Luck is obsessed with Sloan almost in the same way than Asa. If it ain’t obsession, then it’s pity. And their first sex scene was awful. Awful! We had more description about Asa getting a blow job than Sloan and Luck having their first sexual relation. 

Finally, I can understand that Sloan has empathy for Asa, but there is way too much emphasis on that. It’s as if she likes being abused and “raped”. I wouldn’t enjoy living in that house and she almost does. Considering what she dealt with, it would only be logical for Sloan to hate Asa. 

In conclusion, I do not regret reading Too Late, but I do not recommend it. Sloan and Luck are weak and stupid and their relation isn’t well developed. However, I loved Asa, because his actions are considered and logical with his story line.
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