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A review by svjak
It Ends with Us by Colleen Hoover
Did not finish book. Stopped at 80%.
DNF @ 80%
This was just not the book for me. There was a toxic relationship in this book, which isn't a problem in itself, but it was normalized as something that's fine instead of seeing it for what it was. This has the effect of romanticizing abusive and controlling behavior instead of exposing it for what it is and I think that has the potential to be extremely harmful given the primary audience reading this book.
The characters also sucked and there was nothing to balance it out and make it worth my time. No smut, no fantastical world-building, no hilarious best friend... nada. I was dragging my feet through each page.
I started reading this in May, really gave it a shot for a few weeks, and it's been sitting on a shelf in my room for over six months now (collecting dust.) I have zero intentions of picking it back up, and in fact I dread the thought of picking it back up.
So nearly 8 months later, it's time to officially DNF [book:It Ends with Us|27362503].
This was just not the book for me. There was a toxic relationship in this book, which isn't a problem in itself, but it was normalized as something that's fine instead of seeing it for what it was. This has the effect of romanticizing abusive and controlling behavior instead of exposing it for what it is and I think that has the potential to be extremely harmful given the primary audience reading this book.
The characters also sucked and there was nothing to balance it out and make it worth my time. No smut, no fantastical world-building, no hilarious best friend... nada. I was dragging my feet through each page.
I started reading this in May, really gave it a shot for a few weeks, and it's been sitting on a shelf in my room for over six months now (collecting dust.) I have zero intentions of picking it back up, and in fact I dread the thought of picking it back up.
So nearly 8 months later, it's time to officially DNF [book:It Ends with Us|27362503].
Content Warnings
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, and Toxic relationship