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A review by aubreyiously
It Ends with Us by Colleen Hoover
2.0
This is my 2nd Colleen Hoover book, and I have to say, it ends with this.
My biggest problem with her writing is that I can’t figure out who her target audience is? It’s written at a middle school level, but it’s far too explicit to be for that age group. All information is handed to you on a silver platter, nothing left for the imagination, nothing profound, although all the quotes I’ve seen posted fill the “fake deep” quota. If you’ve ever read fan fiction, it’s the same vibe.
Some direct quotes include “there’s literally no where else I could go” (improper use of the word literally from a popular author really gets me). “The apartment was so cool and was filled with such cool things,” (again, if this was my 7th grade diary, she’d hit the nail on the head).
Her lack of depth extends to her one dimensional characters. I’m not sure if we were ever supposed to like Ryles, but from the first introduction he was pushing her boundaries and being super creepy, maybe that was intentional? Lily herself wasn’t unlikeable, but again, no depth. It was hard to care about her.
Anyways, 2.6 stars because while the writing was awful, it was also a very easy book to get through. Minus the last 100 pages or so, by that point I was just bored.
If anything, it’s a fine summer read if you want something mindless - the reality tv of books, if you will.
My biggest problem with her writing is that I can’t figure out who her target audience is? It’s written at a middle school level, but it’s far too explicit to be for that age group. All information is handed to you on a silver platter, nothing left for the imagination, nothing profound, although all the quotes I’ve seen posted fill the “fake deep” quota. If you’ve ever read fan fiction, it’s the same vibe.
Some direct quotes include “there’s literally no where else I could go” (improper use of the word literally from a popular author really gets me). “The apartment was so cool and was filled with such cool things,” (again, if this was my 7th grade diary, she’d hit the nail on the head).
Her lack of depth extends to her one dimensional characters. I’m not sure if we were ever supposed to like Ryles, but from the first introduction he was pushing her boundaries and being super creepy, maybe that was intentional? Lily herself wasn’t unlikeable, but again, no depth. It was hard to care about her.
Anyways, 2.6 stars because while the writing was awful, it was also a very easy book to get through. Minus the last 100 pages or so, by that point I was just bored.
If anything, it’s a fine summer read if you want something mindless - the reality tv of books, if you will.