Reviews tagging 'Cancer'

Confess by Colleen Hoover

27 reviews

erin_knor's review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

This was not my favorite Colleen Hoover book, but still written in her typical fashion. Some of the confessions were hard to read. And Auburn's story made me sad. I'm not sure how I feel about Owen lol.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Physical abuse, Car accident, Drug abuse, and Cancer

princessjj14's review against another edition

lighthearted medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Car accident, Cancer, Domestic abuse, and Drug abuse

erika4america's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I really liked this book. The main character and love interest (Owen) were very cringy to me at first (not a fan of 20 yr old MCs or broody artists that treat their previous girlfriends like dirt and only FMC is the one to change him) but they both redeemed themselves by about the middle of the book. 

I ended up falling in love with Owen after that scene in the shower where he reminds her she’s beautiful. I also loved the bit of them shopping the aisle at Target. It was original and cute and I found myself smiling stupidly to myself while I was reading.

 I absolutely LOVED the inclusion of visuals, especially that painting he drew of Auburn. It was so beautiful. And the idea of confessions is so cute too! I have seen stuff like that before in real life so I felt it was a very believable storyline.

I despised Trey and Lydia, but loved them for the plot. Like loved to hate them! I love when there’s an obvious villain haha

Overall, this was a cute read

with the perfect full circle moment

  and satisfying ending. I probably won’t read it again but I definitely loved it.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer, Death of parent, Sexual assault, Addiction, Gaslighting, Grief, Physical abuse, Sexual harassment, Emotional abuse, Car accident, and Domestic abuse

samw0327's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful sad 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Sexual assault, Drug use, Police brutality, Addiction, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Car accident and Cancer

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

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

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

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

jenna_buzza's review against another edition

emotional mysterious 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Physical abuse and Cancer

the_romance_bookie's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful reflective relaxing sad 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: Death and Cancer

erinj_96's review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad fast-paced

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

3.0

Not groundbreaking or amazing but not bad either.  Very fast paced and definitely swept me up in the story right away.  I liked the way everything was connected in the end.  Very middle of the road Colleen Hoover romance which isn’t always a bad thing.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer

kingal's review against another edition

emotional sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction

Moderate: Violence, Mental illness, and Sexual assault

Minor: Alcoholism, Death, Drug abuse, Car accident, and Cancer