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It Ends with Us by Colleen Hoover

262 reviews

merylas's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

*spoilers included*
This is not a love story. This is not a love triangle, will they won’t they. This is a story about domestic abuse. 

This is a story about being on the outside and adamantly thinking you’d do something but then reality makes you realize how hard and confusing that really is. Abusers don’t always start as abusers and people you wouldn’t expect can be abusers. 

That said, this is a very powerful and well written story. I laughed, I cried, I loved, and I hated. 

Things I didn’t love:
- Atlas asking how old Lily was (15 when he was 18), and waiting until she was 16 to have sex. This is never brought up in a sketchy way as Colleen wants you to love Atlas unconditionally, but him coming back on her birthday felt less romantic than she intended.
- I’ve read reviews that said Ryle’s abuse of the chair was foreshadowing of his abuse but that didn’t read to me. That read to me as Ryle letting off anger while alone (or at least he thought he was) at an inanimate object; he purposely chose to release pent up emotion in an environment that would not harm any living creatures. If this was intended as foreshadowing, it was not achieved.
- Atlas and Lily end up together in the epilogue. I think it was unnecessary. They had a bond formed from understanding and abuse; there is definite love there but just learning that they each are safe and successful was enough and could have led to an actual adult friendship.
- Not enough Devin. Loved him, and he could have been someone she leaned on more instead of Atlas (Colleen sort of explained it away but I didn’t really buy it… clearly only having Atlas was meant to show how in love she still is with him)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, and Rape

Moderate: Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Child death

Minor: Infertility

veritas19's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

I just couldn't stop listening to this one. I finished this one in a day. I stayed up past my bedtime to finish it. I already have the next book in the series and plan to binge it soon. Maybe even tomorrow. It was so good but devastating at the same time. This one made me feel everything and, at some points through out, all at once.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse and Physical abuse

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship and Cursing

Minor: Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, and Infertility

crystal689's review against another edition

emotional reflective tense 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Alcoholism, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Gun violence, Sexual assault, Child death, and Blood

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Infertility, Rape, and Suicidal thoughts

novazan's review against another edition

emotional reflective 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

0.5

This books wasn't my cup of tea at all. The writing was very poor (things were set up and then resolved in the next paragraph, characters were one-dimensional mouthpieces for whatever the author herself wanted to say etc.). Moreover, the book romanticised domestic abuse and alleviated the blame of the abuser with unrelated trauma, "uncontrollable emotions", and blamed the abuse partly on the abused. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse and Rape

Moderate: Infertility and Child death

roachquesadilla's review against another edition

dark tense medium-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Adult/minor relationship, Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, Physical abuse, Child death, Rape, Domestic abuse, Infertility, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, and Violence

Colleen Hoover needs to be put in a psychward:)

nmb005's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, Rape, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Grief, Infertility, Panic attacks/disorders, and Injury/Injury detail

sabrinas's review against another edition

dark fast-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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Domestic abuse, Violence, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Gaslighting and Death of parent

Minor: Suicide, Infertility, and Pregnancy

mangofraiche's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, Domestic abuse, Sexual violence, Blood, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Grief, Infertility, Suicidal thoughts, Gaslighting, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Medical content, Pregnancy, Vomit, and Mental illness

jordan_noel's review against another edition

dark emotional sad 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: Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Alcohol, Child abuse, Death of parent, Sexual assault, and Cursing

Minor: Medical content and Infertility

sam_sem's review against another edition

challenging emotional 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

3.75

I got pretty late into the hype of the book and to be honest, it sparked my interest, when all the messiness around the movie adaptation started. I get the hype, since the main topic is so often overlooked and misunderstood. And I get the whole outrage when it comes to the casting choices :) 
When it comes to the writing style, i do not see any specific style that would make me want to go back and reread bits of the text over and over again, but it delivers what it needs to deliver.
Now for the more specific parts, which will include:
 <spoilers>
- The fact that we get to learn about her teenage years through her diary entries and always little by little, was a really smart way to keep the reader hooked.
- I hate that everything comes so casually and easily when it comes to money. It always seems like a real shame and easy way out of every situation. Either the characters are loaded with money to begin with or they have an ultra successful business in the most basic or most difficult fields.
- Why was there a love triangle? Why must there always be a love triangle? It would have been a strong enough story if she ended up making the decision she did at the end without running back to a past love… I think for Atlas it would have also be a more satisfying ending to find someone else that loves him without the baggage of trauma bonding.
- The decision she makes in order to save the relationship, I find really important and impressive. But I do think it was tainted by the events in the epilogue.
All in all a solid and emotional read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse

Moderate: Blood, Domestic abuse, Infertility, Physical abuse, and Toxic relationship