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It Starts with Us

Colleen Hoover

3.68 AVERAGE


Im so glad she caved to booktok and wrote the sequel
hopeful inspiring medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Could have been an email
Strong character development: No
emotional reflective medium-paced

I needed to know how the story ended but at what cost. There were so many awkward scenes and narratives I felt were presented simply (derogatory) at best.
adventurous emotional funny sad slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
emotional hopeful slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

Not as good as the first book.

DV trigger warnings all around. Truly upsetting after all the controversy of “it ends with us” CoHo went on to write this book. 

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My first Coho Read

Listen did I enjoy it? Yea!
Is it my favorite book? No.
Will I read another one of her books. Probably not...

It's just not my type of preferred book, dealing with abuse of all kinds (and at certain times complacency with that abuse
emotional hopeful reflective 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