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Hopeless (Hopeless, #1)

Colleen Hoover

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Nov 19, 2012 Amy | Foxy Blogs rated it it was amazing

Shelves: headphones, 2022-5-stars, 2015-5-stars, audible, buddy-reads, 5-stars-2012, lendable, 2015-books, 2022-books, 2015-re-read

Re-read on 7/05/2022
Listening Length: 12 hours 34 minutes.
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I reread this one via an audiobook. I LOVED IT! Even though it's been 3 years since I've read this story - it still brought back all the same feels from the first time.
8/24/2015

I LOVED THIS BOOK!!!

Holder was an amazing boyfriend!!! As most everyone on GR knows I hate Will Cooper from Slammed. But Colleen Hoover has given me hope in her male characters!!

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This book touched in me so many ways! I bawled my eyes out ...more

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Dec 12, 2012 Ash Wednesday rated it it was amazing

Shelves: young-adult, awesome-heroines, review, contemporary-romance, heartbreaking, heartwarming, favorites, 2012-favorites

“When you aren’t sure what it is you hate or why you even hate it, it’s hard to hold on to the details...you just hold on to the feelings.”

I highlighted the shiz out of this book but I loved this the best. Mostly because I think I've boarded the crazy train and started to believe Colleen Hoover is telling me how I should review this book (or any book for that matter). And the feeling I'm holding onto is that I'm perfectly content with having this as the last book I ever read should the world en
“When you aren’t sure what it is you hate or why you even hate it, it’s hard to hold on to the details...you just hold on to the feelings.”

I highlighted the shiz out of this book but I loved this the best. Mostly because I think I've boarded the crazy train and started to believe Colleen Hoover is telling me how I should review this book (or any book for that matter). And the feeling I'm holding onto is that I'm perfectly content with having this as the last book I ever read should the world end on the 21st.

Young Adult as a genre, I think, is the toughest out there. Its tough for me as an adult reader to find the issues believably heavy enough to merit all that drama without being turned off by the drama itself. As with her previous books, Colleen Hoover managed to keep the plot entertaining enough that I invest well on the characters, all the while not taking the heavy issue (and boy, was this one HEAVY) for granted for a saccharine love story or taking itself so seriously it just gets bogged down by its own weight.

She's keepin' it real.

I love how the story unfolded, how it holds your interest, keeping you guessing (until I think at the 80% mark when I figured out ONE THING ahead of a reveal) and how the end tied up loose ends cleanly. Ms. Hoover cashed all the plot-checks she wrote and the payoff was BIG. There was a moment after the big reveal, (view spoiler)that made me wince because I was not exactly sure how I wanted/expected the situation to be handled. I thought, that scene couldn't have been a party to write. But somehow she pulled through, without offending either Sky or Holder's characters.

I am in love with all the characters. The dialogue didn't fall flat in my brain. The words were alive and the pace wasn't gratuitous. If anything, I wanted her to be more gratuitous.I think I massacred several pages highlighting quick-witted exchanges not only between Sky and Holder but Six, Brecklin and Karen who were also written beautifully (too little of Brecklin and Six IMO towards the end but I guess they did serve their purpose in the grand scheme of things).

It's also uncanny how the author is in my brain throughout this book. Like I'm thinking of something snarky and/or funny about a particular scene and the next paragraph addresses it. There's this moment after Holder drops a bomb on Sky and she thinks she needs a chapter break. I LOVED THAT. I love the author for believing her readers are smart enough to catch on that. Like thinking snarky isn't allowed and anything that may cause the reader to NOT like this book even before you think it is squashed.

So I'm putting my TBRs on hold for a day. Just in case.
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Dec 10, 2012 Stefanie rated it it was amazing

Shelves: amazing-emotional-books, dec-2012-books, kindle-loanable-books, all-time-favorites

Completely Speechless. There aren't enough words I can possibly think of to even attempt to write a review of this amazing book. All I can simply say is this is probably the best book I e read.....Colleen I'm not sure how you can write with so much emotion within a book. I literally felt every emotion that these amazing characters had the entire time reading this book. ...more

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Dec 21, 2012 S.R. Grey rated it it was amazing

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Nov 27, 2012 Kayla rated it it was amazing

Colleen Hoover you have done it again! You have managed to break my heart, mend it, and give me two character to fall hopelessly in love with. I thought Lake and Will were my favorite couple but after falling in love with Holder and loving Sky I'm not sure I can pick.

If you want a book that leaves you in tears, gives you hope, and makes you believe in love then this is the perfect book for you. ...more

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Dec 26, 2012 Sarah rated it it was amazing

Shelves: favorites, tough-for-me-stuff, released-in-dec2012, my-life-is-now-complete, adult-yumtastic, more-adult-less-ya

Hopeless is an absolute beauty. I am once again floored and brought to tears by Colleen Hoover’s ability to make you fall in love with her characters and her story. She has an amazing and wonderful way of portraying her heart on a page. I just love, love, LOVE her writing! Slammed and Point of Retreat were much more YA and I was not disappointed in anyway, however I was a little curious how that story could have played out with a little more *clears throat* action.
Talk and about some swooning a ...more

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Dec 20, 2012 Jessica rated it it was amazing

Shelves: favorites, extraordinary, will-retread-again-and-again-and-ag, tearjerker, falls-in-love-with-best-friend, life-and-love-after-heartbreak, moved-me-so-deep-it-hurts

There are not enough stars to rate this book..... I am humbled and heartbroken and happy and mad and sooo humbled I cannot say it enough. Such a beautiful piece of literature about triumph.
I AM IN AWE!
Thank you Ms. Hoover. I will honestly never be the same.
I def need a long chapter break after all that.

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Dec 19, 2012 Sarah Oxford rated it really liked it

Shelves: made-me-cry, romance, 2013, new-adult

Ok so I may have given it 4.5 if I could. It's just that I feel like books that have real things to be sad about in them (as opposed to a paranormal world I can easily separate from this one) ought to have health warnings on them.
If I hadn't been reading this book for the most part in public I would have blubbed like a baby.
I also found Holder unrealistically perfect. In fact in parts the two of them were a little sickening.
However, I found that despite guessing the plot a few steps ahead of it ...more

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Nov 26, 2012 T.H. rated it it was amazing

Shelves: love-romance, drama, smile-n-laugh-out-loud-good, kindle-cloud, my-book-boyfriend

I loved this story. There was lust, uncertainty, love, and struggles that kept you wanting more the entire time.

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Dec 17, 2012 Yvonne rated it it was amazing

Such a good book. The characters are moving. Good storyline. Colleen Hoover has a wonderful way with words and I really connected to Holder and Sky. One of her best books!

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Dec 10, 2012 Kammie rated it it was amazing

LOVE LOVE COLLEEN HOOVER!!! This book would make a great movie!!
Absoultely loved the Characters!

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Dec 16, 2012 ♥ Barb ♥ rated it it was amazing

Shelves: my-faves-and-re-reads, read-in-2013, bad-boys

awesome book!

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Dec 18, 2012 Shamika rated it it was amazing

Shelves: favorites, 6-star-reads

Aaaaah! Wow is all I can say. What an incredible story. Just when you think that you have figured out this book something else happens and leaves you speechless.

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