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It Ends with Us by Colleen Hoover

11 reviews

courtreads1010's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Body horror, Violence, Toxic relationship, and Suicide attempt

ksamaine95's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-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

3.0

I was extremely disappointed with this story. It 97% felt like romanticizing abuse.  Once again, I followed the hype and felt that maybe my feelings were because I'm not the target audience. Or do I know too much? I am unsure how this is one of the more popular colleen hoover books. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Misogyny, Medical content, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Blood, Gaslighting, Addiction, Bullying, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, and Physical abuse

eliya's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

2.0

I’m glad I read this book. Colleen Hoover really does write an incredible story, and awful characters. She does a fantastic job pulling my emotions, but she lacks class consciousness. It’s one thing to tackle domestic abuse, and it’s another to tackle homelessness. I absolutely think someone needed to read the perspective that maybe people experiencing homelessness aren’t in that situation because they choose to be, absolutely, but it doesn’t end at just donating to charities. I was incredibly disappointed with her rationality of hoarding wealth.

From the get go, her characters lack emotional depth. Maybe this book is just a little out dated, but it was very clear that

Ryle didn’t respect her enough to ask for consent until he was already knee deep in physicality with her. He throws micro-tantrums at little things OF COURSE he has a temper. It didn’t seem like there was much to his character other than the fact that he was pretty & was ambitious & met the basic standards of being a good/likeable guy.

At one point, she writes that

Atlas tried to unalive himself and decided not to because he SAW lily and she was SO BEAUTIFUL that he didn’t. give me a break. so incredible tonedeaf.

I think some one who hasn’t thought about these things would absolutely learn from this book, this book is important for what it does & the ending

was so incredibly beautiful i cried, it really did pull at my heart. god that was so perfect. The author’s note was also incredible, I’m so happy i got insight on the characters

I think Colleen Hoover in general is a great fast easy read and a great introduction to reading, but her books and male characters lack depth & common sense. She tackled too many issues with this book and is generally illinformed with the other issues she tried to tackle. Her plots are always such an incredible ride & when it hits it hits! Do better colleen plz for me i love your books!! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Sexism and Alcohol

Minor: Ableism, Body shaming, and Suicidal thoughts

sandy_77's review against another edition

dark emotional sad fast-paced

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

2.5

Don't think it is right to think that it is okay,I would not recommend for anyone under 18 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Grief, Addiction, Toxic relationship, Violence, Stalking, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Domestic abuse, Toxic friendship, Sexual assault, Sexism, Rape, Physical abuse, Death of parent, Death, Body shaming, and Body horror

Do not recommend for teens or young adult

akumi's review

emotional 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? No

1.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Physical abuse, Abandonment, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Child abuse, Death of parent, Infertility, Medical content, Pregnancy, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual violence, Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Pedophilia, Stalking, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual assault, Emotional abuse, and Rape

saygeebee's review against another edition

emotional tense medium-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Pregnancy, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Emotional abuse, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Cursing, Grief, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Body shaming, Cursing, and Death of parent

brandie_abbie19's review against another edition

dark emotional sad fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, Alcohol, Stalking, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Medical content, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Blood, Body shaming, Child death, Domestic abuse, Grief, Gun violence, Medical trauma, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence

emelieviklund's review against another edition

challenging reflective tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Bullying, Body shaming, Domestic abuse, and Rape

mandi4886's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death of parent, Death, Emotional abuse, Grief, Sexual violence, Alcohol, Bullying, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Rape, Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Blood, Gun violence, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Child death, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Pregnancy, Suicide, and Gaslighting

Minor: Alcoholism, Adult/minor relationship, Infertility, and Stalking

aguattery's review against another edition

medium-paced

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

1.5

If you have ANY triggers, you should probably stay away from this book. The author really dumps them on, whether or not they add any value to the story. 

I really didn't like this book. It's written like a bad fanfiction (and I enjoy reading fanfiction). I didn't like any of the characters. Poor Lily suffered from the stupid female main character trope and the writing wasn't good enough to make her decisions believable. The timeline did make sense and the book ret conned itself a few times. Also I HATE HATE HATE "naked truths" like Ms. Hoover really thought she was doing something with that but it's so annoying. I didn't even actually find it emotional. Overall not a good read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Domestic abuse, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Child death, Death of parent, Blood, Classism, and Rape

Minor: Alcohol and Body shaming