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A self-care lover, bookworm, traveller, shutterbug and English enthusiast.

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aleximprovement
· 4. Mar 2025

Hello and welcome! :)Looking at the cover of Hopeless, I was definitely not expecting a book with such a challenging plot. It is labelled 16+ on the back, but in my opinion it could even be 18+. 💗 At first the plot seemed cheesy to me, because how much can you read about a teenage girl who is new to school, falls in love with the school bully and her best friend is gay? I'll admit I was put off reading after the first few chapters, but I kept going because of some mysterious threads I wanted to unravel. 💗 The main character's life completely changes in just a few months. It's all because of her decision to stop homeschooling in her senior year of high school and go to a public school and meet a mysterious boy who seems to know a lot about her. This is what the whole book is based on. 💗 What I liked about this book is definitely that the plot is full of well thought out mysteries and twists. The book is literally filled with them, so there is no boredom. At the very end, the reader finds out the whole truth, and is kept in suspense beforehand, so that the whole book can be read quickly. 💗 However, on the other hand, all these events are a bit surreal. I'm not saying impossible, but I would find the story a little hard to believe. Also, the pace of events is a bit too fast and, despite the fact that the book is not one of the shortest, the timing of all the events also seems a bit unrealistic to me. Another thing I'll stick to is how the characters react to traumatic events - again, I find it unrealistic that after (spoiler alert) witnessing someone's suicide someone is able to function normally a day later. I also didn't like the way the main characters sometimes behaved or spoke to each other, but here I would have to say a lot more about the plot. 💗 All in all, I have mixed feelings about this book. It's engaging, that's a fact, but at times some things just didn't fit with it. I definitely wouldn't recommend it to younger readers. 💗 I have a love-hate relationship with Colleen Hoover's books (especially after November 9). What do you guys think? Have you heard of Hopeless or any of C

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