stephsbooktalk's profile picture

stephsbooktalk 's review for:

Reminders of Him by Colleen Hoover
5.0
challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
Guys, I finally get the Colleen Hoover craze. This book gave me all the feels and I love the writing style. This was just such a beautiful book. I was trying to avoid spoilers and reviewers but I kept seeing such positive reviews and people sobbing by the end. This did not make me cry (its me I promise) but I totally got why people were emotional over it by the end.  

My heart went out to Kenna (also what a beautiful name). She had such a horrific incident that happened to her and I felt like I was Ledger in torn on how to feel. I also love how writing for her was therapeutic and how she wrote to Scotty throughout the book. You could really get a sense of her growth and its all you want out of a character and just as a person.  

Ledger. Where do I even begin on this wonderful human being?! These book boyfriends are really making it hard living out here in the real world. This man has the most beautiful soul and saw what others didn't see. 

Here are some of my favorite lines: 

  • "...happiness isn’t some permanent thing we’re all trying to achieve in life, it’s merely a thing that shows up every now and then, sometimes in tiny doses that are just substantial enough to keep us going."

  • "Reality is depressing as fuck."

  • "In the end, if there's nothing good going on in your life, almost every song becomes depressing, no matter what it's about."

  • "It's strange, being involved in every facet of another human being and then suddenly not knowing anything."

  • “Grudges are heavy, but for the people hurting the most, I suppose forgiveness is even heavier.”

  • "We go forward. That's it. It's that simple."

  • “Maybe it doesn’t matter whether something is a coincidence or a sign. Maybe the best way to cope with the loss of the people we love is to find them in as many places and things as we possibly can. And in the off chance that the people we lose are still somehow able to hear us, maybe we should never stop talking to them.”

Also can we get a short story starring Lady Diana aka Lucy?!  She made me laugh with her sass every time! 
Expand filter menu Content Warnings