* This book was sent to me in exchange for an honest review
I'm sad to say that this is my first 3 star rating for a CoHo book.
After falling in love with It Ends With Us, and crying for days after it was over, I was excited and nervous to read yet another emotional Colleen Hoover book. Without Merit didn't have much of a description, so needless to say I was going into this book pretty blindly. Once I finished the 1st chapter, I was already hit with some crazy news, which ultimately led into a story that I was not expecting.
I'd like to describe this book as a different take on the 2007 play, August Osage County. Without Merit was alarming, sad, deranged, yet filled with dry humor. Underneath all the chaotic mess, was a family living with …show more content…
I am in between with her at the moment because her character is so complex. When you first meet her, I already knew she was a girl that is dealing with a lot of issues. Any person in their right mind would not do the things she did from the start. Of course, as the story unfolded, you started to see the underlying issues with Merit and how her family plays a key role in it.
This book describes the saying "less is more" perfectly! Yes, it's supposed to be a piece of fiction, but that's the thing about Colleen's previous books, you were able to relate to them on almost every level. While this book touched on a lot of dark subjects that happen every day to people, as a whole, it just wasn't realistic in my opinion. It didn't need the twist and turns and the omg moments to feel something from this story. If just a few of the “shocking” moments were taken away, it would have been enough for me, and the true meaning of the story would still be able come through.
With all that aside, what really saved this book for me was the oh so lovely, Sagan! Oh, you are all going to fall head over heels in love with this boy. He wasn't a bad boy, a geek, or the jock, just an everyday GOOD guy with such a kind soul. His story was touching and I am so glad Colleen tied his story to things that are happening right now in the
I'm sad to say that this is my first 3 star rating for a CoHo book.
After falling in love with It Ends With Us, and crying for days after it was over, I was excited and nervous to read yet another emotional Colleen Hoover book. Without Merit didn't have much of a description, so needless to say I was going into this book pretty blindly. Once I finished the 1st chapter, I was already hit with some crazy news, which ultimately led into a story that I was not expecting.
I'd like to describe this book as a different take on the 2007 play, August Osage County. Without Merit was alarming, sad, deranged, yet filled with dry humor. Underneath all the chaotic mess, was a family living with …show more content…
I am in between with her at the moment because her character is so complex. When you first meet her, I already knew she was a girl that is dealing with a lot of issues. Any person in their right mind would not do the things she did from the start. Of course, as the story unfolded, you started to see the underlying issues with Merit and how her family plays a key role in it.
This book describes the saying "less is more" perfectly! Yes, it's supposed to be a piece of fiction, but that's the thing about Colleen's previous books, you were able to relate to them on almost every level. While this book touched on a lot of dark subjects that happen every day to people, as a whole, it just wasn't realistic in my opinion. It didn't need the twist and turns and the omg moments to feel something from this story. If just a few of the “shocking” moments were taken away, it would have been enough for me, and the true meaning of the story would still be able come through.
With all that aside, what really saved this book for me was the oh so lovely, Sagan! Oh, you are all going to fall head over heels in love with this boy. He wasn't a bad boy, a geek, or the jock, just an everyday GOOD guy with such a kind soul. His story was touching and I am so glad Colleen tied his story to things that are happening right now in the