For several chapters, I couldn’t understand why they had romantic feelings for each other. When Kenna and Ledger met, they were immediately attracted to each other, which felt too easy. The characterization is clear, nuanced and sympathetic.Īt first, the romance felt forced to me, but as time progressed, it became more realistic and engaging. She vividly illustrated every detail of their humanity, from their personal history, to likes and dislikes, to the way that they cope with their pain. From the start, Hoover’s attention to detail made the characters jump off the page. This set-up added a lot of dimension to the conflict and I enjoyed both points of view equally. “Reminders of Him” is a dual point of view book. Where the writing fell short, the character dynamics made up for it. The writing might seem too blunt, but that depends on the reader’s preferences. I found the exposition to be lazy because there were many information dumps. This book was practically fused to my hand because I couldn’t put it down.Īt times, however, Hoover’s writing felt sloppy. Ledger had to weigh Kenna’s understandable desire to meet her daughter against the emotional wellbeing of Scotty’s parents, while Kenna grappled with her own complicity in the death of a man who she loved. The novel follows Kenna’s relationship with Ledger, Scotty’s best friend, who serves as a father figure for Diem while Scotty’s parents have custody of her.Īs I read this book, I found myself immersed in the impossible moral dilemmas that the characters faced and the intensity of both their internal and external conflicts. She gave birth to Diem while in prison, only to have her immediately whisked away.
Kenna, the protagonist, served five years for the involuntary manslaughter of her boyfriend, Scotty, with whom she shared a daughter, Diem. “Reminders of Him” is a gripping, heart-wrenching novel about a mother’s struggle to meet her daughter after being released from prison.
Although I cannot go a day without seeing content online about her popular novels “It Ends with Us” or “Ugly Love,” I was entirely unprepared for how skilled of an author she is. I knew nothing about Colleen Hoover’s books except for how popular they are on TikTok, so of course, I figured her writing would be overrated. When deciding whether or not I should read “Reminders of Him” by Colleen Hoover, my immediate reaction was that I was going to regret it.
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