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It Ends with Us by Colleen Hoover

546 reviews

dw1991's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative inspiring sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Blood, Bullying, Child abuse, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Rape and abuse was the theme of this book. Well written but very hard to read if you have known similar circumstances.

ronjaneutag's review

dark emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.75

Was shocked, but it really tored me apart 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

neelalindaa's review

dark fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

0.25

I have never read a book so bad.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Addiction, and Emotional abuse

kiwichill's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

This book is a very realistic portrayal of domestic violence and the reasons so many people stay with their abuser.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Infidelity, Death, Death of parent, Stalking, Misogyny, Sexual violence, Alcoholism, Blood, Child abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Suicidal thoughts, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Rape, Sexual content, Alcohol, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Medical content, Child death, Gaslighting, Panic attacks/disorders, and Vomit

Domestic violence portrayed graphically

breeblue's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Domestic abuse, and Injury/Injury detail

roseofficial_xoxo's review

emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, Violence, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Cursing, Blood, Child abuse, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, and Toxic relationship

peckreadsbooks's review

medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

Vowed to read 1 CoHo book in ifs entirety to affirm the suspicion that it wasn't for me. Worst thing I've ever read. Predictable and problematic with an air of trying desperately to "educate" readers. Also the mc is a florist who is called lily bloom.... eye roll. Mentioning the ridiculousness of that name in the book doesn't make it less ridiculous that its in the book. Nah. Nope. Not for me. Do not get the hype at all.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Panic attacks/disorders, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, Violence, Stalking, Rape, Sexual violence, Death, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Pregnancy, Misogyny, Gaslighting, Death of parent, and Bullying

The biggest content warning in this book belongs to the content it self. Just awful.

sofiavivi16's review

dark emotional inspiring sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I generally dont respect Colleen Hoover but this was actually quite good. Generally I think shes a better storyteller than she is a writer and having real people and events to base her character off of gave her writing a real boost. She is good at writing emotions which has probably done a lot to make her as big as she is. However, the Ellen plotline was quite silly and so was the concept of having a character called Lily Bloom who is a florist. And don´t even get me started on how much of a stupid name Ryke Meadows is. I also think its morally dubious that shes marketing this book to young teenagers but thats another conversation that has nothing to do with the quality of the book itself. But overall I did really enjoy it

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Violence, Toxic relationship, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, and Death of parent

bristolreads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Lily is a young woman who has grown up in an abusive household where her father regularly would beat her mother and the book starts with the death of her father, for which Lily feels no grief. After the funeral, she meets Ryle who is a charismatic neurosurgeon and they have an instant attraction but he is opposed to commitment and therefore the relationship does not progress. 

Later, Lily achieves her dream of setting up her own floristry business and becomes friends with a rich friend Alyssa, who she later discovers is Ryle's sister, thus her relationship with his restarts. This progresses to a serious relationship, resulting in the couple moving in together and later getting married. However, during this time there are frequent episodes of Ryle getting angry and assaulting Lily, echoing the behavior of her father during her childhood. Whilst the relationship is blossoming, Lily recalls her first true love who was a boy named Atlas, who she met when he was homeless and living in an abandoned house next to her when she was 15. The flashbacks feature how the support she provided to his of food, clothing and eventually a warm place to sleep developed romantically, but was cut short when Atlas had to move in with his Uncle in a different state. Atlas was also the only person who knew of the abuse Lily's father inflicted and was even the recipient of the abuse when he was attacked by 

Atlas reappears in Lily's life as a restaurant owner and he instant she is living with and urges Lily to leave her husband, which she eventually does but when she finally leaves, she discovers she is pregnant. Atlas initially provides a safe lace for Lily to live, however she eventually returns to the house she lived in with Ryle and the relationship restarts.

When the baby Emma is born, Lily finally sees that she needs to break the cycle of abuse of the women in the family as 'It ends with us' , so leaves Ryle for good. In the epilogue Lily has the baby and is separated from Ryle. She again bumps into Atlas and can see that finally they can be together.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Rape, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Medical trauma, Child abuse, Death of parent, Drug use, Sexual content, Adult/minor relationship, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Alcohol, and Infertility

brzezinski's review

challenging emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

A very insightful perspective on learned helplessness and domestic violence victimization. Does not romanticize violence.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Violence, Child death, Self harm, Sexual assault, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Rape, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Cursing, Adult/minor relationship, and Suicidal thoughts