Now listen, fellows, I LOVE LOVE LOVE everything about Colleen Hoover; her writing style, characters, her stories and her as a person.
I've long ago considered Colleen as a queen of writing.
I've long ago considered Colleen as a queen of writing.
I would pick up anything she ever publishes. Anything.
She's so ridiculously talented, it's impossible not to.
She's so ridiculously talented, it's impossible not to.
Whether I'll be able to finish it or not, that's the real question and the reason for this post.
Do you know the feeling when a beloved characters dies?
What if the character doesn't die but keeps getting bad things happen to them over and over again, how would you feel then?
Really, it depends.
On what? On how emotionally connected to the characters you are.
And that all depends on how far the author has brought you to care for those characters.
What if the character doesn't die but keeps getting bad things happen to them over and over again, how would you feel then?
Really, it depends.
On what? On how emotionally connected to the characters you are.
And that all depends on how far the author has brought you to care for those characters.
Imagine three people reading the same book.
At the end of the book, the protagonist dies.
One would feel great lose, sadness and depression.
The second would feel mildly sad but otherwise capable of quickly moving on.
The third one would feel nothing at all, put the book aside and forget all about it.
At the end of the book, the protagonist dies.
One would feel great lose, sadness and depression.
The second would feel mildly sad but otherwise capable of quickly moving on.
The third one would feel nothing at all, put the book aside and forget all about it.
As you probably know, if you read a colleen Hoover's book (well, maybe except for Maybe Someday), her books tend to have a... dark twist to them, and deal with some very sensitive subjects.
It's funny, really, because it's because Colleen can bring me to care for her characters so deeply that I'm unable to stay in the story when things are getting... way too dark for comfort.
It's because I fall for Colleen's books from the first page that when things take a dark turn... I just can't deal.
It's funny, really, because it's because Colleen can bring me to care for her characters so deeply that I'm unable to stay in the story when things are getting... way too dark for comfort.
It's because I fall for Colleen's books from the first page that when things take a dark turn... I just can't deal.
Am I prudish about darkness in books?
Not at all.
It may sound like a paradox but even though I am the type of HEA (all the way), I'm also the type who loves the darkness in books.
There are times, however, that It's impossible for me to deal and I end up bailing on the book. Like with Colleen's books.
I never quite understood the exact reason of why it's happening to me. Of why sometimes it works and sometimes it just doesn't.
But I believe it has to do with how good the author is of getting me into the story and characters.
And Colleen? One of the things I love about Colleen is how she's able to bring us all the happiness and swoon worthy moments and heart warming moments in the world before surrounding us with an ocean of of darkness. All in the same book.
Not at all.
It may sound like a paradox but even though I am the type of HEA (all the way), I'm also the type who loves the darkness in books.
There are times, however, that It's impossible for me to deal and I end up bailing on the book. Like with Colleen's books.
I never quite understood the exact reason of why it's happening to me. Of why sometimes it works and sometimes it just doesn't.
But I believe it has to do with how good the author is of getting me into the story and characters.
And Colleen? One of the things I love about Colleen is how she's able to bring us all the happiness and swoon worthy moments and heart warming moments in the world before surrounding us with an ocean of of darkness. All in the same book.
At one moment, you're swooning and laughing. At the other, you're heartbroken and crying.
Yes, She's that talented.
Yes, She's that talented.
Honestly? I'm not sure I made much sense in this discussion.
I think I even managed to confuse myself.
I was trying to portray my feelings about Colleen Hoover books,
and that's how it turned out.
Like with writing a review, it's hard to capture the complexity of your feelings.
Feelings, after all, are not thoughts. They are something else.
When we try to capture them into words, it's like attempting to catch a tornado in a jar.
Sure, some of the wind will get in, but the tornado itself is still blasting and exploding with air.
You either end up either getting sucked in, turning your words into a mess of incoherent gibberish,
or slowly retreat back, savoring the bit of wind you got.
But that's just me talking. What about you?
"Whatever this is and whatever we're doing seems too good and too right and too perfect and it makes me think of all the books I've read and how, when things get too good and too right and too perfect, it's only because the ugly twist hasn't infiltrated the goodness of it all."
-- Hopeless, Colleen Hoover
