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It ends with us : Book Review

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“In the future . . . if by some miracle you ever find yourself in the position to fall in love again . . . fall in love with me” It Ends With Us, Colleen Hoover.

I started my romance novel spree with this very book. It was all over the place, and got me intrigued to know what’s so damn good about this book that literally everyone is talking about it.

It does not disappoint I will try to give a spoiler free review because It end with us needs to be experienced the way it is.

It Ends With Us -Plot

Book follows story of a young girl named Lily Bloom, who grew up seeing her mother being abused by her father. After graduating from college, she moves to Boston, and start her own business. It is here that she meets Ryle Kincaid, charismatic, playfully rude, handsome neurosurgeon. As questions of her new relationship overwhelm her, so does her thoughts about Atlas Corrigan- her first love. But when Atlas comes back in her life, things get messy and unexpected yet heart-breaking situation arises.

My views - It Ends With Us by Colleen Hoover

It delivers a very solid message with a spicy romance between the main characters. An overall engaging story, constantly leaving you on edge. It’s very likely you would finish it in no time.

Lily’s character is relatable and inspiring at the same time. She has experienced shit ton of trauma in her life and yet she is a very nice person who makes good and healthy decisions which makes her character even more empowering.

A little appreciation for Ryle’s sister, Alyssa. She is the best friend every girl needs. Calm and loving, and having a sense of making right choices.

As I said, this was my first book from Colleen Hoover, her writing style is raw and powerful, with her expertly crafting descriptions and dialogue bringing the story to life.

I feel like the climax was really intense and emotional. Very well written and an excellent job of exploring the complexities of abuse and its effects on both the victim and the perpetrator.

The book leaves you with wanting more, it was a huge thing on BOOKTOK, which inspired Colleen Hoover to write a sequel “IT STARTS WITH US”

It Ends With Us- Quotes which will make you read the whole thing.

“There is no such thing as bad people. We’re all just people who sometimes do bad things.”

“I feel like everyone fakes who they really are, when deep down we’re all equal amounts of screwed up. Some of us are just better at hiding it than others.”

“All humans make mistakes. What determines a person’s character aren’t the mistakes we make. It’s how we take those mistakes and turn them into lessons rather than excuses.”

“I think that’s one of the biggest signs a person has matured- knowing how to appreciate things that matter to others, even if they don’t matter very much to you.”

Is ‘It Ends With Us’ overrated?

It is a highly popular book, almost everyone has read it or reading it. I won’t say the story isn’t good, it does a fair job of reflecting the issues it deals with but it’s not a literary masterpiece.

It’s safe to say the book is extremely hyped to the extent that some people call it the best book ever. I have always loved romance book and it does fall under the dark side of the genre with not everything butterflies. The characters are flawed just like how everyone of us is which makes it even more easy to relate to them.

I won’t say it’s Colleen Hoover’s best work now that I have read more from the COHO collection. But its beautifully written and worth the hype at times.

1. What is the main message of It Ends With Us?

It Ends With Us revolves around the theme of domestic abuse, jealousy, emotional abuse and generational cycles of abuse. Lily goes through with it, her mother goes through it but to save her daughter from it Lily end her marriage with Ryle. The story tells us what love is and isn’t. It also shows how much courage it needs to end a bad relationship.

Colleen Hoover is really good with portraying heartbreak and she does it in this one too. She makes Lily’s character strong, independent and able to make right decisions in difficult times.

2. Does Lily end up with Ryle or Atlas?

In the ending of It Ends With Us we see Ryle and Lily have gone through a divorce. They are co-parenting their daughter. Ryle’s jealousy and abuse towards Lily was the reason of their divorce. Lily was never unfaithful to Ryle, even when she encounters with Atlas.

After a year of their divorce, Lily bumps into Atlas yet again and they both decide to go on a date. We get more of Lily and Atlas’s love story in It Starts With Us.

3. Why did Lily get a tattoo in It Ends With Us?

When Lily was in school she met with a homeless boy named Atlas. She helped him get food and let him bath at her place when her parents used to be out. Over sometime, they both developed attraction towards each other.

Atlas used to kiss Lily on her collar bone, it became their unspoken thing and Lily used to love it. Atlas leaves for Boston and then army, they get separated but Lily never forgot her first love so, when she was in college she got a heart tattoo right where Atlas used to kiss her every time they were alone. It was a sweet memory for both of them. When Ryle finds out about this, disturbing things happen which lead to their ultimate split.

4. How is domestic abuse portrayed in the novel?

Colleen Hoover is one hell of a writer, her writing style is so raw. She portrayed domestic abuse in the book with all of its aspects, how it affects the victim, the cruelty, their family member, the trauma, the move on from the abuse.

Lily growing up saw her mother being abused by her father, when she grew up, she decided that she won’t let the same thing happen to her but when she falls in love with Ryle that she will have to face the same thing. Throughout the book Ryle tried to justify his abuse by his short tempered behaviour, jealousy by his love for his wife.

It ends with us in my opinion is a really good novel, and you should definitely read it.

5. Why was the book titled It Ends With Us?

It Ends With Us is a romance novel by Colleen Hoover which goes around the theme of abuse.

The title is a nod to the exact moment when Lily, who saw abuse in her own home growing up, leaves her husband Ryle because of the same behavior her father did to her mother.

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