Reminders of Him
Ratings210
Average rating3.9
almost didn't give a 5 star bc of ledger's weird ass parents but the epilogue and authors note really got me. how does miss colleen continue to wreck me every time?!
The story of this book was actually quite sad. To this day I think about it and WISH it had ended differently
If you're a fan of Colleen Hoover, then you were probably excited to see her latest novel, “Reminders of Him,” hit shelves. And if you're not a fan of Hoover, well, this book might just change your mind.
“Reminders of Him” is a touching story of love, loss, and healing. It's told from the perspective of two characters - Lucien and Mia - who are each struggling to come to terms with a devastating loss.
Lucien is a successful, handsome, and famous actor. But he's also haunted by the death of his one true love, Amelia. Mia is a young widow who is struggling to move on from the death of her husband, Jake.
Through a series of coincidences, Lucien and Mia end up living in the same apartment complex. And though they're both reluctant to open up to anyone, they can't help but be drawn to each other.
What follows is a touching story of healing, hope, and new love.
Hoover's writing is, as always, beautiful and emotive. She has a way of making you feel every character's pain, joy, and fear. And she does an amazing job of exploring the complex emotions that come with grief and loss.
The characters in “Reminders of Him” are richly drawn and incredibly relatable. You can't help but root for them as they try to piece their lives back together.
“Reminders of Him” is a touching, beautiful, and heartwarming novel. If you're looking for a book that will make you laugh, cry,
It was a lovely book with good Plot, I loved the development of the relationship between the characters. I really enjoyed my time with it
Good, fast paced story with what I love- remption and forgiveness. Not Hoover's typical “twisted” story.
Heart wrenchingly enjoyable
It took me a while to get into this book properly, and normally I'd stop reading something if I got so far into it and found myself skimming it, but I'm really glad I didn't with this.
3/5 • “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.”
While this book was overall enjoyable and had me quite emotional in parts I felt parts of the writing to be a tad cringy and the relationship between Kenna and Scotty to be too intense for their short relationship. I was picturing the characters to be older than they were due to the nature of the storyline, however, due to the characters being young there was a lot of immature moments lending this book to a more young adult audience. Overall an enjoyable read but not very memorable.
Such a good book! A little depressing but in the best way. I can say it's one of my favorite CoHo books!
All. The. Feels. While there are some aspects of this book that I wish were different or decisions that I wish I could change, the complicated emotions through this whole book tug at my heartstrings. One thing I have to admit about CoHo books is that no one is perfect. I can feel so much for both sides of the story and she does so well with it.
I wanted to love this book so much... but the plot holes are so big, I couldn't just ignore them.
The idea was really good but the execution was so poor.
When you find out, in the first few chapters who Ledger is, you start wondering she didn't see a photograph of him? No photograph in Facebook or Instagram with the 2 of them together? Or with Scotty and Keena? Nothing? This is the first plot hole and many follow...
The ending is rushed, unworthy of the story the writer wanted to give to the reader. For me its a no.
But because I listen to it as an audibook, I will give a whole 5 stars to the narrators who make this so so much better.
I feel like I'm missing something here. At it's best, the ending is rushed and, quite frankly, unbelievable even for a fictional world. If you like tragedy porn with a dash of “romance,” this may be for you.
An EASY 5 stars. This is my kinda romance story. A little messy, a little sad, a little spice, some suspense, some thrill, and a beautiful ending to it all. My heart is full and I absolutely loved reading this one the whole way through. I cannot wait to read more CoHo books in my future.
The plot revolves around a mother who left her partner for dead on the side of a road, who consequently loses custody of her child and then gets with the dead partner's best friend. Like she redeems herself in the end but I found her really hard to like as a character, and also how easily the best friend is won over by her because she's hot I guess??
Dit was echt een heel erg leuk verhaal! Het was minder sad dat ik had verwacht en dat vind ik helemaal niet erg! Ik vond het zo sterk van Kenna dat ze voor haar dochter ging, terwijl ze haar nog nooit had ontmoet. Het was zo'n wilskracht om haar dochter te zien en dat vond ik heel mooi om te lezen. Ledger vond ik ook erg leuk. Hij hield zo veel van Diem, het was echt heel schattig. Het einde was ook echt heel erg mooi.
Niet mijn favoriete boek van Colleen, maar wel een hele goede!
Another amazing read by Colleen Hoover. I giggled & cried on this one
Kenna returns to the town where she lost everything to hopefully reconnect with her daughter. She has to fight past everyones opinions of her from the past 5 years
I decided to read a “CoHo” book to see what the fuss is all about (including a recent article in Slate), but I confess that I still don't get it. It's fine, I guess, but neither the plot nor the writing were particularly memorable. The ending tied up everything into a bow a little too neatly (It's hard to believe that Diem would be so immediately accepting of the mother she never met). So the CoHo phenomenon will remain a mystery to me. I hope her legion of fans won't @ me for failing to pay homage to their goddess.
Who am I to give [a:Colleen Hoover 5430144 Colleen Hoover https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1464032240p2/5430144.jpg] 4 stars? I read the book as fast as my spare time would allow. However the constant ruminating over the inability to solve the primary conflict (reuniting a child with a bio mom) got redundant. Hence, four stars. Kenna and Ledger were well-painted characters. The premise of the story is so universal (a parent kept from a child) that the author couldn't decide where the story should take place, and, in the end, decided not to pick a city. In her words: “You might have noticed there was never a location specified for where this story actually takes place. I've never had this issue in a book—solidifying a location for the characters. I just kept placing Kenna in different towns while writing her story, and none of them felt right because they all felt right.”I did feel Ledger was too altruistic. I've only met a few men in my life who care deeply enough for someone else's child to drop a girlfriend, donate most of their free time to coaching their T-ball, and drive them to ballet, as well as keep scads of pics and videos of said child on their phone. All this and incredibly good-looking with a stable job and two houses? Of course, I loved Ledger. Who wouldn't? But he's the stuff of fairy tales. I think if he'd had a bad habit it might have made him more realistic.Kenna was fully believable for me. Maybe a bit more forgiving than the average bear (or former jailbird) but all her attempts to make nice with her daughter's paternal grandparents and her unending guilt for a horrible accident seem spot on to me.Side note: I did love Ledger's parents. Nice, secondary characters.I was happy with the ending.
There was not enough book left to do the ending justice. It ended up not feeling as rushed as I thought it would but more at the end would have been better.
Reminders of Us was... alright. If I'm being honest, it was tiring to read. There was just too much sadness.