Hopeless

What made the experience of listening to Hopeless the most enjoyable?Great story line... Have you listened to any of Angela Goethals’s other performances before? How does this one compare? I have not heard her before... But I liked her performance.Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?When she reunited with her mom.Any additional comments?Great read!

Would you consider the audio edition of Hopeless to be better than the print version?I LOVED the story!I LOVED the performance!The edit on the recording could have been a bit better.Some ends of sentences get cut off abruptly so you miss the end of a word.This mostly happens with Holder's dialog.It's not that big a deal really, just annoying.Other than that I have no complaints.

This is not a genre or alook I would ever have picked for myself.I have not been a YA or read a YAbook for many years. A young lady in my book club selected this one, so I felt like I HAD to read it AND finish it. I can not tell you how much I disliked the beginning (or how old I felt listening to it!) But, I'm glad I made myself finish because not only was the second half far more interesting, it also answered ALL of the questions I had in my NOT YA brain from the first half. I have to say it was better than I originally thought, bit also much sadder. For YA and difficult subject matter, this story was well done, and that's why it earned 4 stars from me.

No one should write about child incestual rape without a ton of research or personal knowledge.This book is creepy.The romanticizing of the trauma and “not all bad” of the perpetrator makes this book seem like it was written by an immature teenager.

What did you love best about Hopeless?How strong the characters were, and it didn't seem to unbelievable.This happens everyday.So heartbreaking.What did you like best about this story?It was an edge of your seat kind of book.It was hard to stop listening. Have you listened to any of Angela Goethals’s other performances before? How does this one compare? No, but that would be my only complaint about the book.She wasn't horrible, but they could have chosen someone a little better for this good of a book.If you were to make a film of this book, what would be the tag line be?"I live you"Any additional comments?This was a very emotional book.Make sure you have a box of tissues!

Would you consider the audio edition of Hopeless to be better than the print version?I've only heard the audible version but it was so unbelievably good I could not have imagined reading it being any better!Who was your favorite character and why?It is obvious that the author intended for the readers to fall in love with each character. I do not have a favorite because I was truly invested in each of them!Any additional comments?I was blown away with this story. It was a very genuine story and I found myself engrossed with these characters. The author and narrator do a great job in bring the emotional journey to life. Extremely impressed and will listen to this story multiple times! Is one of my favorites and if you give it a chance you will fall in love with HOPELESS!

Any additional comments?I found myself getting quite wrapped up in the emotions of this story, particularly right in the middle with what I consider the MAIN confrontation - but the two main characters, although quite likeable and empathetic, seemed mature WAY beyond their years, even considering their childhoods. I find it very hard to believe any young man could be as sympathetic and understanding as Holder.I would say he would be EVERY WOMAN'S fantasy - good looking, thoughtful, protective, sexy, loving, etc. etc.After that main confrontation, however, the story became a bit monotonous and predictable.Ms. Goethals' performance was quite good and certainly helped me get through the story.

Thank you Colleen Hoover for redeeming yourself with this book! I absolutely adored it...despite the heavydisturbing subject matter!! A beautifully written story!