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Confess ​– Vallomás by Colleen Hoover, Colleen Hoover

65 reviews

becca3713's review against another edition

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dark emotional hopeful inspiring tense 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? It's complicated

4.0

This is the third book by CH (and third book overall that I’ve read as it’s a newer hobby for me.) and I finished in less than 24 hours. I enjoyed this book very much. I like the writing style of the POV shifts between the main characters. There were twists throughout that kept me from wanting to put it down. CW: minor details of an attempted SA. 
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krosebooks's review against another edition

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emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? N/A
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

This book would have been so much better without Trey. Obliviously
he is the villain of the story. But he is such a cheesy villain. Planting evidence, being a bad cop?
the rest of the story is heart wrenching and beautiful but an unrealistic amount of conflict. Good read though!
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littlefox1322's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful reflective sad fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes

4.25

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tish12's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful sad tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? N/A
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

I liked this book it was good. Being an artist I like the concept of the art used in this book, Owen I think has won me over for a book crush. Hahahaha. 

The story itself was good, I felt it picked up just over half way , the first half I kept thinking haven't I just read this, it just felt repeatative.
 Auburn just felt flat to me the whole time through, I understand that she had so much going on but she was a very flat character for me again she didn't show her character until towards the end is when I started liking her. 

Overall it was a good colleen hoover read but placing in the middle of my rankings. 
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beckyyreadss's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

I’m not going to lie, I bought this book because the cover was pretty, and I went overboard on a Waterstones haul. I had no clue what this book was about, and I felt like this book was very rushed.  

This book has two points of view. The first is Auburn Reed and at twenty-one, she has already lost everything important to her. In her fight to rebuild her shattered life, she has her goals in sight and there is no room for mistakes. But when she walks into a Dallas art studio in search of a job, she doesn’t expect to find a deep attraction to the artist who works there. Auburn takes a chance and puts her heart in control, only to discover that this artist is keeping a major secret from coming out. The second point of view is Owen Gentry, and he is stuck in a rut and all he can think about the girl from five years ago. He paints people’s confessions as well as it’s his own. Owen needs to tell Auburn his secret, but the magnitude of his past threatens to destroy everything important to Auburn, and the only way to get her life back on track is to cut Owen out of it. To save their relationship, all Owen needs to do is confess. But in this case, the confession could be much more destructive than the actual sin. 

I don’t know what it is, but when Colleen Hoover writes a book to do with jail and police officers, I struggled. I thought Trey was a coward and a complete asshole and I wanted to know if he ever had charges or if his mother cut contact with him. I want to know if Lydia apologies to Auburn and if she sorted herself out. I want to know if Owen’s father stayed clean and if he still is a judge. I just felt like the story was rushed and I felt like the characters were very 2D. Auburn was stereotypical young mum trying to build her life but grew up sheltered that she fell for a stranger who is talented. Owen was just hooked on Auburn from “love at first sight” which just annoyed the shit out of me. Again, Trey needs to die. This storyline was just too frustrating and slightly boring. I felt like Auburn and Owen’s relationship was very insta love and very bland and I just thought they would be better on their own. I think Auburn spent most of the time being like “I need to focus on my kid” and yet she was thinking about Owen.  

Emery is the only reason why this book isn’t two stars. She should have shot Trey with his own gun; it would have done the world a favour. 

I went from Verity to this and was disappointed and I’m glad that this is the last book of Colleen Hoover that I’ve read because I think I’ve had enough of her. 
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laurenellisx's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad 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

4.0

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breereadsalot_'s review against another edition

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dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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gab16_'s review against another edition

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

2.25

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samw0327's review against another edition

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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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clo_l's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

Okay okay, I think this is my favorite CoHo book. I love Auburn, I love her story and I love Owen, especially them together. I hate Trey! What a disgusting character. There are so many aspects of this book that took me by surprise. A beautiful story with twists, heartbreak, anger, so many emotions. I’ve never come across a book that is like this. It’s so cool that Colleen used real confessions from readers and she had an artist create Owen’s paintings. Those two aspects made the book feel more real and interesting. I really really really love this book! 
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