katwolfereads 's review for:

It Starts with Us by Colleen Hoover

3.0

emotional hopeful reflective sad 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

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Oh god, this book was really not good. Its only redeeming quality was Atlas Corrigan in all his perfect fictional manliness. But other than that, this sequel to It Ends with Us, should not have existed. I didn’t need a book about Ryle and Lily co parenting after he abuses her. I didn’t need a book about how Lily and Atlas get together even if she has a personality of a wet mop. The writing was cringey, repetitious, and I found the characters lacklustre and awful. It would have been better if she left the first book as a standalone.