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It Ends with Us by Colleen Hoover

557 reviews

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 against another edition

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

4.0

A very insightful perspective on learned helplessness and domestic violence victimization. Does not romanticize violence, but it is difficult to read the raw exposure it provides. 

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Content Warnings

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

tsamp's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Blood, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Violence

chris_reads's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad tense 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

3.25

I can't believe I read another CoHo book after swearing off her years ago... I got curious, okay? And it was *gasp* pretty good? Better than her other books at any rate. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Medical content, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Violence, Vomit, Alcohol, and Death of parent

Minor: Classism, Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, and Gaslighting

paigeinabook's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring relaxing sad fast-paced

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

4.75

As someone who knew most of what I was getting into, I still came away very surprised by it all! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Excrement, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Death, Addiction, Cursing, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Grief, Medical content, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Vomit

bmz's review

dark emotional 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, and Misogyny

rad_reads_123's review against another edition

emotional funny sad 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Domestic abuse, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Rape, Pregnancy, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Physical abuse

Minor: Death of parent

kenzielew's review

emotional hopeful sad tense

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, and Gun violence

anne_reader's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring sad tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Violence, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, and Death

Moderate: Death of parent, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Medical content, and Injury/Injury detail

the_mad_writer's review against another edition

I started reading this because a friend recommended it, I couldn't finish it. I didn't like the way it was written and I had to force myself to read it.
I tried again and still hated it just because of how it was written. I also had to put it down so many times because it was just too much.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Cursing, Sexual assault, Mental illness, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, and Physical abuse

Minor: Bullying, Infertility, and Vomit