Scan barcode
A review by vulmikarable
It Ends with Us by Colleen Hoover
challenging
emotional
funny
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
From the beginning, I didn't really sense a chemistry between Ryle and Lily and didn't emphatize on their relationship when it was detioraring. The build-up was rushed, and the romance was missing along the dialogues. However, it went really well in telling the story of Lily and Atlas; the letters, the memories, the morals that the author brought up — the abusive relationship and demeanor towards the poor.
This talked so well on abusive relationship and trauma. It was realistic, but the Ryle-Atlas was not convincing, I'm sorry.
If I would rate the concepts/parts of the story separately, it would most likely be:
Ryle-Lily: 2
Atlas-Lily: 4.5
The plot: eye-opening and realistic so 4
I must say the dialogue about Emmy between Ryle and Lily towards the end was heart-wrenching and phenomenal.
This book would really be a good read to those who have suffered from and abusive relationship and relate on how deteriorating it is. The paranoia, the incapability of breaking up, thinking of second (or more) chances, the depression, and more. It will be triggering so if you're not up to read this kind of concept, better try to avoid this book.
General plot for my future reference:
Lily and Ryle meets in rooftop, very sweet; Ryle is horny for her but had to leave. We get Atlas and Lily flashbacks and their love story through letter for Ellen DeGeneres, very cute. And this letters also show traumatic domestic abuse of her parents in their household.
6 months later, Lily owns a flower shop, meets Allysa, meets Ryle again, and guess what? He's still horny. Until they admit to each other that what they have is love and I believe otherwise. They get married. Made a casserole, Ryle accidentally pushes Lily and boom trauma flashbacks. Then this happens again when Ryle found out about the diaries, the Boston magnet, the tattoo, Atlas' number, and pushed Lily down the stairs, attempted rape, hit her, headbutt her.
Lily reaches out to Atlas as she cant bother Allysa. Yada. The traumatic experiences have rekindled and she finds out she's pregnant. CoHo has really made a great job in discussing and conveying such a heavy topic profoundly — infertility, mental health, prejudice, and domestic abuse.
Very glad to see that this ended with an Atlas-Lily tho. Because I swore that I would never read another CoHo book if Lily remained color blind by Ryle's lurid red flag.
This talked so well on abusive relationship and trauma. It was realistic, but the Ryle-Atlas was not convincing, I'm sorry.
If I would rate the concepts/parts of the story separately, it would most likely be:
Ryle-Lily: 2
Atlas-Lily: 4.5
The plot: eye-opening and realistic so 4
I must say the dialogue about Emmy between Ryle and Lily towards the end was heart-wrenching and phenomenal.
This book would really be a good read to those who have suffered from and abusive relationship and relate on how deteriorating it is. The paranoia, the incapability of breaking up, thinking of second (or more) chances, the depression, and more. It will be triggering so if you're not up to read this kind of concept, better try to avoid this book.
General plot for my future reference:
6 months later, Lily owns a flower shop, meets Allysa, meets Ryle again, and guess what? He's still horny. Until they admit to each other that what they have is love and I believe otherwise. They get married. Made a casserole, Ryle accidentally pushes Lily and boom trauma flashbacks. Then this happens again when Ryle found out about the diaries, the Boston magnet, the tattoo, Atlas' number, and pushed Lily down the stairs, attempted rape, hit her, headbutt her.
Lily reaches out to Atlas as she cant bother Allysa. Yada. The traumatic experiences have rekindled and she finds out she's pregnant. CoHo has really made a great job in discussing and conveying such a heavy topic profoundly — infertility, mental health, prejudice, and domestic abuse.
Very glad to see that this ended with an Atlas-Lily tho. Because I swore that I would never read another CoHo book if Lily remained color blind by Ryle's lurid red flag.