Without Merit

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What's the point of all this, you ask? I think anyone can write a book. But some people, like Coleen Hoover, have a special ability (it's sorcery, people) to create characters that are so completely chaotic, disjointed and flawed but somehow unite to create one amazing, cohesive story. A story that not only sends a powerful message, but that can also make you feel giddy at one moment and sad the next. I don't really think I could do that even after a lot of puff puff. Colleen Hoover is a very popular author, and it isn't hard to see why. I've hated as many of her books as I've liked, but there is something compulsively readable about her stories. I think if she gets anything right, it's her pacing, which is nearly always spot on. I can read one of her books for hours without getting bored. Angry, maybe, but not bored. This book would have served Colleen Hoover to write several. It is the first time I see that in the same book be treaten so many problems and psychological and psychiatric diseases. It's too much. Or as a friend of mine says "a lot with too much".

It all begins when Merit meets the beautiful Sagan and in an unforeseen act and without hardly talking they kiss. The best kiss of her life. The problem is that he's her twin sister's boyfriend. The plot so far not bad, but later Merit finds out that Honor has moved her boyfriend Sagan to the house and that complicates everything.You know, sometimes while reading I keep thinking "Hey, I could totally write a story like that!" Provided that I could write. lol Este libro le hubiese servido a Colleen Hoover para escribir varios. Es la primera vez que veo que en un mismo libro se tratan tantos problemas y enfermedades psicológicas y psiquiátricas. Es demasiado. O como dice una amiga "mucho con demasiado". There were characters I didn’t love at the beginning, but I did by the end. Everything is not how it seems when it comes to these characters and this family. People are redeemable. Forgiveness is key. There are so many important themes and great points made in this story. I’m excited for other friends to read it, because I can’t wait to discuss it more with others!

This character driven book definitely takes you on a rollercoaster of emotion and it is absolutely a ride I am thrilled I took! Highly recommend two fans of this author and anyone else who enjoys a book with amazing characters young or old! I mean, it's fiction, but that doesn't necessarily mean that such a mess of a family doesn't exist just because I haven't experienced it in my 27 years of living. The secrets, the lies, the dishonesty is something that is all too real and I love how everything came together towards the end. A haunting novel about family, love, and the power of the truth showing that not every mistake deserves a consequence... and that sometimes the only thing it deserves is forgiveness.

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His thumb brushes my cheek, then his satisfied grin falls into a pointed stare. “That’s exactly why I won’t do it again, Merit. You need to fall in love with yourself first.” When is the life change supposed to happen, exactly? Do I have to eat the whole cookie to get the results?" Having depression is no more out of your control than Sagan’s intolerance to milk, or Utah’s paleskin, or Honor’s bad vision. It’s nothing to be embarrassed about. But it’s not something you can ignore or correct on your own. And it doesn’t make you abnormal. It makes you just as normal as these idiots,”

even though I'm an atheist, there isn't a day that goes by that I don't thank God that I have a wife who understands that.” Barnaby Voss (father of the clan, an atheist who thanks God at times, has relations with the two Victorias) Les recomiendo que lo lean, por supuesto, pero además les recomiendo mucho que lo lean antes de leer mi reseña, que lo empiecen sin saber nada sobre la historia, y no porque los spoilers les arruinen la historia, creo que lo que les puede arruinar la lectura es tener la interpretación de alguien más. Léanlo y saquen sus propias conclusiones, no se dejen llevar por las perspectivas de nadie más, plis no dejen que la opinión de alguien más opaque sus propias enfoques.Okay, so the big twist or issue or theme or whatever you want to call it, let me just get this out in the open. I appreciate that Hoover pushes the boundaries constantly on what we perceive as conventional. Where it's romance, fiction, young adult, so be it. If there's a line, Hoover pushes it and maneuvers it where she wants. That's awesome. I applaud her for this. Sort of in the same sense as her last book, It Ends With Us, the book changes at some point into dealing with an issue that you did not expect. It just seems that in this particular sense, this book wasn't as successful to me as a reader as some of her others have been. I understand why she wrote this how she did. I understand the powerful statement that this can bring. I understand the help that this book can and will give some readers. I agree that this book is important. But in the same breath, just because I agree it's important, doesn't mean I particularly liked it a whole lot. Which is crappy, because I loved the beginning. Uno de los dramas principales de la historia son los sentimientos de culpa de la protagonista al sentirse atraída hacia el novio de su hermana, PERO, yo veía claramente que Sage no era novio de Honor, era bastante obvio, al igual que la homosexualidad de Utha, aunque eso no era tan obvio, yo ya lo suponía. I buddy read this book with my girl Quinn and overall we have fairly similar thoughts. Granted we generally like the same things, I just felt like this tidbit should be mentioned. What I've realised and learned in this book is that I 'thought' the family aspect felt unrealistic. But then I thought to myself, what about the family made it unrealistic for me? Other than the blurb, I don't really want to post too much about what the story is about. Colleen Hoover is one of the authors who has fully gained my trust over the years and for me just knowing that she wrote the book is enough to make me feel confident diving into the story blind. I would strongly encourage you to do the same.