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A review by hannahsnerdycorner
It Starts with Us by Colleen Hoover
hopeful
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
Overall I would only recommend this book to someone who read It Ends With Us and was desperate for some closure.
Don’t get me wrong: I loved It Ends With Us, I just don’t think this book was necessary and see it as a money-grab on Colleen’s end.
It’s mostly just a fluff book about Atlas and Lily and it barely develops anything. It all happens too quick whilst simultaneously the story drags out because you lose attachment to the plot because the characters seem to calm each other so easily that every possible stressful thing seems minute as they fix it in the next chapter.
Atlas fell flat as a character as he is perfect so there’s no development to be done for him and Lily seems to be over the abuse way too quickly: there are a few moments where she feels anxious or scared but again, Atlas calms her so we don’t feel any real tension.
Don’t get me wrong: I loved It Ends With Us, I just don’t think this book was necessary and see it as a money-grab on Colleen’s end.
It’s mostly just a fluff book about Atlas and Lily and it barely develops anything. It all happens too quick whilst simultaneously the story drags out because you lose attachment to the plot because the characters seem to calm each other so easily that every possible stressful thing seems minute as they fix it in the next chapter.
Atlas fell flat as a character as he is perfect so there’s no development to be done for him and Lily seems to be over the abuse way too quickly: there are a few moments where she feels anxious or scared but again, Atlas calms her so we don’t feel any real tension.