Reviews tagging 'Medical trauma'

It Ends with Us by Colleen Hoover

121 reviews

erkane's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring 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

4.75

I really enjoyed this book. At times I found it difficult to read because of the subject matter. But I just couldn’t put it down! I was completely engrossed! This is the first book of hers that I read! I will read another! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, and Violence

sunflowersarepretty's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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: Gaslighting, Grief, Domestic abuse, Rape, Violence, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Death, Child abuse, Toxic friendship, Blood, Medical content, and Pregnancy

Minor: Infertility, Medical trauma, Murder, Bullying, Child death, Death of parent, Panic attacks/disorders, and Suicidal thoughts

luca_18's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gore, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Domestic abuse, Medical content, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Pregnancy, and Violence

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders and Vomit

Minor: Classism and Death of parent

laurxndxx's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Child death, Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Sexual violence, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Domestic abuse, Medical content, Physical abuse, Violence, Toxic relationship, Rape, Sexual assault, and Self harm

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

sadie05's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring mysterious sad tense medium-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Infertility, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Pregnancy, Violence, Blood, and Physical abuse

karinasilver's review against another edition

challenging emotional mysterious 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

3.5

A pretty solid 3 stars, I think the book deserves hype but not as much as it got. I was expecting like a 5/5 starbook and honestly it wasn't that... I did however enjoy how well Colleen Hoover is able to make you hate someone so much, and how much your rooting for lily, the protagonist, and really sticking to her side. Someone also really needs to take away the italics key from Ms Hoover, because though I thought the idea of the letter being a way to show lily's past, I found them really one sided and difficult to read, and I found it really annoying to have to try and understand it. Generally decent, but way too overhyped. Not the best, not bad either.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Infertility, Medical trauma, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Vomit, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Medical content, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, and Violence

Uh, not for younger audiences- very dark and disturbing themes covered

the_book_nook's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative lighthearted 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Child abuse, Grief, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Stalking, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, and Infertility

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Cursing, Death, Self harm, Terminal illness, Child death, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Cancer, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Gore, and Alcohol

bujo_bellel's review against another edition

dark informative inspiring sad tense 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

4.75

I'm sorry but I'm still on team Ryle. Also, this was the first book that I have genuinely annotated, and I like this experience. This is heartbreaking.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Physical abuse, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Cursing, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Pregnancy, Suicidal thoughts, and Sexual content

Minor: Infertility, Alcohol, Panic attacks/disorders, Death of parent, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, and Medical trauma

skylerm00's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense 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? Yes

3.75

This book is worth the read. However don’t go in thinking it’s a romance book because it is definitely not. It’s a story about realistic characters in raw and heartbreaking situations where you find yourself empathizing with each character regardless of their faults. It’s a story about  domestic abuse and how your trauma throughout life stays with you but doesn’t have to define you. PLEASE READ THE TRIGGER WARNINGS. 

<Spoilers below>
The reason I didn’t rate this book above 5 stars is because I feel like Ryle did not get appropriate consequences to his actions. With how badly he beat lily and tried to rape her, I feel he doesn’t deserve a relationship with his daughter for at least a little bit longer. I understand lily’s hesitation with divorcing him, it’s a realistic story, however I feel he didn’t get enough punishment. I also feel Alyssa’s reaction was not as extreme as it should be. The first time he got physical with lily and his sister was saying to hear him out it made more sense bc she didn’t know the extent however sexual assault? Biting her?! I just can’t believe everyone else in their lives was okay with him being around his daughter and they all seemed to forgive him almost immediately. While I do like how likable they made Ryle and how Hoover made him complex instead of a “true villain” because that’s how life works, I just think the other characters should have been angrier with him for longer.  
Also the Ellen thing was cringy and put me out of the story a bit 
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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Rape, Abandonment, Child abuse, Blood, and Child death

Minor: Cursing, Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Sexual violence, and Medical content