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Se Não Fosse Você by Colleen Hoover

175 reviews

katalamar's review against another edition

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challenging hopeful inspiring sad fast-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

3.5


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spkysi's review against another edition

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challenging emotional funny hopeful sad medium-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


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tillyjournals's review against another edition

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

4.5

Definitely my favourite read so far this year. I actually couldn't put this down - I was reading it walking even only for a few minutes because I didn't wanna stop reading. 

This is somwehere between domestic fiction and a romance. In the first chapter, Morgan her sister and their boyfriends are going to a party where Morgan realises she's pregnant. Jump forward 16 years we follow the relationship between Morgan and her daughter Clara after Chris (Morgan's husband and Clara's father) dies. 

There are beautiful descriptions of grief and living through that. And a lot of realistic misunderstandings. Honestly the characters felt so real and the raw pain they go through it a lot. 

My main disappointment is that the letters are never read and we never truly know the truth about the early gut punches. Mostly because I want more information and I could never have given up the opportunity to know like Morgan did.
Do we really know that Chris was having an affair with Jenny? When did it start? Is Elija really Chris' biologically?! I need to know!! 
 

Highly recommend. Honestly this has made me want to re-evaluate my recent 🌟 ratings because this is world's above anything else I've read recently. 

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karifaye's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful sad tense
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0


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kmsander4's review against another edition

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

3.0

I would describe this book as "fine", just fine.

As someone who typically enjoys Colleen Hoover's storytelling, this one felt predictable and lacked the emotion of her other stories. While I enjoyed the build up with Clara and Morgan, I felt like the climax hit and then just fizzled as we rushed towards the conclusion.

If you're a fan of Hoover's writing style, this still may be a book for you but I'll probably choose a few of her others over this one if I were to do a re-read.

One thing that would have changed my mind about this book? More Gramps! The true star of this story and we only saw him in small glimpses. A damn shame if you ask me!

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marysusang's review against another edition

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

5.0


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goldenhour_reads's review against another edition

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dark emotional sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0


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leahhmorriss's review against another edition

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challenging emotional funny hopeful reflective fast-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

I honestly think this may be my new favourite Colleen Hoover book. I went in with no expectations because it's definitely one of the least talked about CoHo books, however I loved the characters, the plot, the dual POV,
everything about it. Miller Adams is my new favourite out of the CoHo men, he can do no wrong in my eyes. 
At the risk of sounding evil, Chris and Jenny are pieces of shit and deserve what happened to them. Their betrayal was one of the worst things that they could've possibly done and both Morgan and Clara deserve so much better.
I loved both love stories in this book and it's one of the first times I've read a book by Colleen and thought that the couples were actually good for each other and hoped that they would end up together.

My ONLY complaints about this book is that the miscommunication was so frustrating.

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lacowie's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful sad 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

3.5


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onyxem's review against another edition

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challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0


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