Reviews tagging 'Abandonment'

It Starts with Us by Colleen Hoover

168 reviews

utkt10's review

emotional hopeful fast-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Abandonment, and Domestic abuse

dafni's review against another edition

hopeful reflective fast-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Emotional abuse and Abandonment

Minor: Child abuse

thatsssorachael's review

emotional hopeful lighthearted reflective sad fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Domestic abuse, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Gaslighting and Child abuse

mamasuereads's review

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes

4.5

I also listened to the audio and really enjoyed the narrators.  I enjoyed this book slightly more than It Ends WIth Us, probably because this one introduce some entertaining new characters and was more hopeful.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment, Child abuse, and Domestic abuse

lmjones's review

emotional hopeful 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? No

3.5

Stupidly thought this was the first of the two books and was about 70% of the way through it before it realized it was not, haha.

It doesn’t have the same weight as “It Ends with Us,” but still has its own charms.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Abandonment

reb_elmer's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful reflective 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment

Moderate: Violence and Domestic abuse

chewiegirl's review

emotional hopeful reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Abandonment

Minor: Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Physical abuse, Outing, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Blood, Cursing, Domestic abuse, and Infidelity

faerietears's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective 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? It's complicated

5.0

It Starts With Us reads as a direct continuation of It Ends With Us.
This is the love story Lily deserved from the start.
As soon as the love interests were introduced in the original book, it was clear that Lily and Atlas belonged together. Ryle was never her perfect match.

While this book does feel a little preachy at times - by that I mean, less like I'm reading a fictional story as someone on a soap box telling me what is and isn't okay - I still absolutely loved it. It was a satisfying end to Lily and Ryle, and the new beginning for Lily and Atlas.

I also love Atlas' family story in here too. What a surprise that was!

I'm looking forward to my next CoHo book. (Once I get through some of my backlog that is...)

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Content Warnings

Minor: Abandonment, Domestic abuse, and Child abuse

ink_and_wings's review

emotional hopeful medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Physical abuse, Gaslighting, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Sexual content

Moderate: Cursing, Violence, and Misogyny

Minor: Classism, Death of parent, Alcohol, and Infidelity

kzweig13's review

emotional tense medium-paced

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

3.75

Ending felt fushed, but good book. Can be triggering with its story line.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Physical abuse, Sexual content, Pregnancy, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Domestic abuse