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A review by savvyrosereads
It Ends with Us by Colleen Hoover
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
sad
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? It's complicated
5.0
Rating: 5/5 stars
Lily Bloom finds dangerous cycles repeating when she ends up in a relationship with neurosurgeon Ryle Kincaid.
I had never heard of Colleen Hoover before joining bookstagram, and when I did I quickly put several of her books on my tbr and then…didn’t read them. Sometime last year-ish, my friend Hannah read this one and I promised her I would too—before the movie came out. Well, the movie is out tomorrow and I am a woman of my word, and BOY am I glad past me made that promise because I LOVED this book.
I knew the general plot of the book going in so the following were not spoilers to me but be aware they COULD BE SPOILERS FOR YOU, so stop reading if you want to be absolutely blind about this one.
I thought Lily’s journey was absolutely gorgeous and so real and raw and vulnerable, and the author’s note at the end was absolutely perfect. This is such an important and poignant story that so deserves to be told. I’m not a DV survivor and would never claim to have that lived experience, but much of my career both as a practicing attorney and a scholar/academic has focused on DV and family law, and it’s also an area I teach in now. As a result, I feel really confident in saying I’m educated in these topics, and they are handled *so well here.* The nuance and complexities of the relationships and characters? The various myths and misconceptions debunked and corrected? So many more authors need to be telling these kinds of stories in this way. I’ve seen FAR too many people claiming this book “romanticizes abuse” and truly, I think they read a different novel from the one I did, because that couldn’t be farther from the truth.
I could go on, but this isn’t exactly an underhyped book and you probably don’t need me to sell you on it if it’s not already on your radar. But if you’re on the fence, I urge you to give it a chance. I’m so glad I did.
CW: Domestic/physical/sexual violence; child abuse; child death; gun violence; suicidal thoughts
Lily Bloom finds dangerous cycles repeating when she ends up in a relationship with neurosurgeon Ryle Kincaid.
I had never heard of Colleen Hoover before joining bookstagram, and when I did I quickly put several of her books on my tbr and then…didn’t read them. Sometime last year-ish, my friend Hannah read this one and I promised her I would too—before the movie came out. Well, the movie is out tomorrow and I am a woman of my word, and BOY am I glad past me made that promise because I LOVED this book.
I knew the general plot of the book going in so the following were not spoilers to me but be aware they COULD BE SPOILERS FOR YOU, so stop reading if you want to be absolutely blind about this one.
I thought Lily’s journey was absolutely gorgeous and so real and raw and vulnerable, and the author’s note at the end was absolutely perfect. This is such an important and poignant story that so deserves to be told. I’m not a DV survivor and would never claim to have that lived experience, but much of my career both as a practicing attorney and a scholar/academic has focused on DV and family law, and it’s also an area I teach in now. As a result, I feel really confident in saying I’m educated in these topics, and they are handled *so well here.* The nuance and complexities of the relationships and characters? The various myths and misconceptions debunked and corrected? So many more authors need to be telling these kinds of stories in this way. I’ve seen FAR too many people claiming this book “romanticizes abuse” and truly, I think they read a different novel from the one I did, because that couldn’t be farther from the truth.
I could go on, but this isn’t exactly an underhyped book and you probably don’t need me to sell you on it if it’s not already on your radar. But if you’re on the fence, I urge you to give it a chance. I’m so glad I did.
CW: Domestic/physical/sexual violence; child abuse; child death; gun violence; suicidal thoughts
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence
Moderate: Death of parent
Minor: Child abuse