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A review by alexx_nickh
It Ends with Us by Colleen Hoover
5.0
Colleen Hoover has been two things for me in the past: 1) the person that broke me with her books and made me fall in love with them or 2) the one that left me so disappointed with a book than I've hardly been. Thankfully, this book was one of the first category for me and actually has made its way into my favourite books of 2021 and maybe, as time will go on, will become one of my all-time favourites.
It ends with us tell Lily's story. Lily grew up in an abussive household where her recent deceived father has mistreated her mother for as long as Lily can remember. He also harassed someone in her past which Lily has written down in her diaries that she goes through throughout the book. In the present, Lily lives in Boston and meets Ryle there on the night of her father's funeral on a rooftop. They get to know each other and have a moment before they meet again six months later. But Ryle doesn't want a relationship while Lily does as well as kids. But the pasts of the two come crushing back and find their way into their story.
In this book, Hoover is able to talk about the topic of sexual assault, rape and domestic violence in a solid and realistic way. So, if you have any triggers regarding these topics, I encourage you from keeping far away from this novel.
Even though I knew quite early on which direction this book was going, I quite enjoyed the way Hoover was able to give me different ways of looking on the directions.
This book pulled me in, made me fall in love with each and every character in it, no matter what they may have done in their past or even their present. This book made me emotional wreck, made me happy on one side, sad in the very next chapter.
Being a person that has been sexually and domestically assaulted in the past, I've grieved for a book that would represent these topics accurately and most importantly authentically. The author has given that to me and I can definitely recommend it if you feel ready for that. If not, please leave it of your tbr-pile for now. Maybe you come back for it in the future and even if not, there are books out there for you nontheless what triggers you may have. And yes, I know it doesn't always seem that way.
It ends with us tell Lily's story. Lily grew up in an abussive household where her recent deceived father has mistreated her mother for as long as Lily can remember. He also harassed someone in her past which Lily has written down in her diaries that she goes through throughout the book. In the present, Lily lives in Boston and meets Ryle there on the night of her father's funeral on a rooftop. They get to know each other and have a moment before they meet again six months later. But Ryle doesn't want a relationship while Lily does as well as kids. But the pasts of the two come crushing back and find their way into their story.
In this book, Hoover is able to talk about the topic of sexual assault, rape and domestic violence in a solid and realistic way. So, if you have any triggers regarding these topics, I encourage you from keeping far away from this novel.
Even though I knew quite early on which direction this book was going, I quite enjoyed the way Hoover was able to give me different ways of looking on the directions.
This book pulled me in, made me fall in love with each and every character in it, no matter what they may have done in their past or even their present. This book made me emotional wreck, made me happy on one side, sad in the very next chapter.
Being a person that has been sexually and domestically assaulted in the past, I've grieved for a book that would represent these topics accurately and most importantly authentically. The author has given that to me and I can definitely recommend it if you feel ready for that. If not, please leave it of your tbr-pile for now. Maybe you come back for it in the future and even if not, there are books out there for you nontheless what triggers you may have. And yes, I know it doesn't always seem that way.