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It Ends with Us by Colleen Hoover

1488 reviews

kay_nutt's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

3.5

This wasn’t a great read, but I do appreciate the message and the way in which Hoover’s personal experience with her own parents dictated the scenes and plot lines that she so desperately wanted to remove from the story as she fell in love with her own characters. I think this is a relatable and insightful read for anyone who has experienced domestic abuse or has relationships with people who have. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse and Violence

froggybooks's review against another edition

emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? No

3.5

the bad bits were really bad

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Pregnancy, Suicide attempt, Sexual content, and Child death

loochia's review against another edition

dark emotional sad 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

3.25

THIS IS NOT A ROMANCE NOVEL.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Violence, and Physical abuse

Minor: Vomit, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment

jdeaver's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, and Violence

leilorenzo's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad tense fast-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

It's a very good book that reads like a YA while dealing with quite some heavy stuff.
I went into it knowing nothing and kind of predicted quite a bit of the storyline, but liked the tenaciousness of the main character. 
It is simply written, has some good and witty dialogue but gut punches you a few times.
 Check the trigger warnings!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Rape

Minor: Child death, Death of parent, and Gun violence

eleana's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

I went into this having some, not very good, preconceptions about Colleen. I've seen as much hate as love online about this author, so I hate to say I believed blindly her writing would suck. I was very pleasantly surprised by this. The writing itself was choppy and very cringe for the first 20% or so, but it found its rhythm and became gripping and sensitive. I also expected this to be extremely smutty, mostly due to booktok, but coming into this after an Elsie Silver book, the sex was much more tolerable. I don't love a sex scene in a book still, but did find I enjoyed parts of these.

I loved many characters, Atlas, Lily and Alyssa and loved and hated Ryle in equal parts. I think the ending was perfect for these characters

All in all, I'd read more Colleen Hoover in the future. This one may be worth the hype

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Pregnancy, Violence, Sexual violence, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual content, Rape, and Sexual assault

bo0k_wh0re's review against another edition

emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

2.5

don’t like the author.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Alcohol, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Gaslighting, Pregnancy, Murder, Bullying, Medical content, Violence, Toxic relationship, and Emotional abuse

lightreads's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.5

I think it's a good book when you're just starting to read books BOOKS u know? I just realized this book has some wattpad books vibes so, yeah so-so!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse and Violence

katie_23's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring slow-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? Yes

2.5

look CoHo gets a lot of hate but from my perspective i see this as a way to show that you can get through abuse. it shows how love will make you do anything but that there’s people out there who are there. it can be comforting but also heart wrenching. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Rape, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

Minor: Violence, Mental illness, Pregnancy, Cursing, Emotional abuse, and Suicidal thoughts

zoe_333's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Pregnancy, and Violence