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It Ends with Us (It Ends with Us #1)
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"I want you so, so bad, and I swear, once you have sex with me, you'll never hear from me again. I promise."
I'm convinced anyone who gives this five stars is not sane. It contains the typical ~ I don't do marriage~ love interest, but somehow, he magically wants a committed relationship and kids with our lucky lady after a few interactions. We love being the only exception. It ends with us contains a lot of dark elements such as abuse, toxic relationships, and attempted rape. I understand this novel is based on the author's experience, but that doesn't mean it's good, nor am I obligated to like it. There's absolutely no justification for abuse, and why Lily continues to stay is beyond my comprehension. Throwing away your morals just because someone is hot has got to be the stupidest thing ever.
The author added numerous poor book decisions; I'll list some of them here:
1) The main character's full name is Lily Blossom Bloom, and she runs a florist shop. Do I need to say more?
2) Lily is obsessed with Ellen Degeneres to the point where Ellen becomes the 4th main character of the story.
3) Ryle knocked on 29 apartment doors simply to find Lily and proceeded to beg on his knees for her to fuck him.
4) Lily's bedroom light turned on at the exact perfect moment, just as Atlas was about to commit suicide. Wow, what a mere coincidence. He thought she was an angel beaming in the light. He said, and I quote "I ~felt~ something," that's the reason why he didn't want to kill himself anymore.
5) Every repetitive "just keep swimming" reference.
6) Ryle put a big picture of Lily on his wall after their first meeting. Was this supposed to be attractive?
7) The typical let's invite my gay best friend as my date to make Ryle jealous, only for the gay best friend never to reappear again. I smell a plot device.
8) This quote >> "There's no such thing as bad people, just people who do bad things."
9) Atlas slept with 16-year-old Lily when he was a legal adult.
10) Lily names her daughter Dory after the fish in Finding Nemo.
11) Colleen Hoover has the most unhinged sentences: "When he was wiping that cow shit on me, it was quite possibly the most turned-on I have ever been."
I do, however, understand the valuable and worthwhile message it sends. It's difficult to leave someone you love in such situations, which are never black and white. It is so hard that you come up with excuses and can even make the truth sound like made-up lies. I previously stated that I couldn't understand why Lily never left Ryle after the first incident of assault happened. It contradicts what I said just now about the author's message, but that's because I've never understood their chemistry. Lily said she couldn't leave because she loved him too much, which was strange. It was merely a case of physical attraction. There's also no reason for the author to randomly throw a bunch of serious topics (homelessness, guilt, infertility, abuse, suicidal thoughts) just for the sake of making the book forcefully emotional and not going more in-depth about them. Furthermore, I was not too fond of the plot and didn't connect with a single character. I don't understand why Ryle didn't get help, especially when he could do things similar to their daughter or another partner. That man better stay the hell away from me, or I will seal him up in a trash bag and hit him to the moon with a baseball bat. In conclusion, I will never touch another Colleen Hoover book.
I'm convinced anyone who gives this five stars is not sane. It contains the typical ~ I don't do marriage~ love interest, but somehow, he magically wants a committed relationship and kids with our lucky lady after a few interactions. We love being the only exception. It ends with us contains a lot of dark elements such as abuse, toxic relationships, and attempted rape. I understand this novel is based on the author's experience, but that doesn't mean it's good, nor am I obligated to like it. There's absolutely no justification for abuse, and why Lily continues to stay is beyond my comprehension. Throwing away your morals just because someone is hot has got to be the stupidest thing ever.
The author added numerous poor book decisions; I'll list some of them here:
1) The main character's full name is Lily Blossom Bloom, and she runs a florist shop. Do I need to say more?
2) Lily is obsessed with Ellen Degeneres to the point where Ellen becomes the 4th main character of the story.
3) Ryle knocked on 29 apartment doors simply to find Lily and proceeded to beg on his knees for her to fuck him.
4) Lily's bedroom light turned on at the exact perfect moment, just as Atlas was about to commit suicide. Wow, what a mere coincidence. He thought she was an angel beaming in the light. He said, and I quote "I ~felt~ something," that's the reason why he didn't want to kill himself anymore.
5) Every repetitive "just keep swimming" reference.
6) Ryle put a big picture of Lily on his wall after their first meeting. Was this supposed to be attractive?
7) The typical let's invite my gay best friend as my date to make Ryle jealous, only for the gay best friend never to reappear again. I smell a plot device.
8) This quote >> "There's no such thing as bad people, just people who do bad things."
9) Atlas slept with 16-year-old Lily when he was a legal adult.
10) Lily names her daughter Dory after the fish in Finding Nemo.
11) Colleen Hoover has the most unhinged sentences: "When he was wiping that cow shit on me, it was quite possibly the most turned-on I have ever been."
I do, however, understand the valuable and worthwhile message it sends. It's difficult to leave someone you love in such situations, which are never black and white. It is so hard that you come up with excuses and can even make the truth sound like made-up lies. I previously stated that I couldn't understand why Lily never left Ryle after the first incident of assault happened. It contradicts what I said just now about the author's message, but that's because I've never understood their chemistry. Lily said she couldn't leave because she loved him too much, which was strange. It was merely a case of physical attraction. There's also no reason for the author to randomly throw a bunch of serious topics (homelessness, guilt, infertility, abuse, suicidal thoughts) just for the sake of making the book forcefully emotional and not going more in-depth about them. Furthermore, I was not too fond of the plot and didn't connect with a single character. I don't understand why Ryle didn't get help, especially when he could do things similar to their daughter or another partner. That man better stay the hell away from me, or I will seal him up in a trash bag and hit him to the moon with a baseball bat. In conclusion, I will never touch another Colleen Hoover book.
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“Just because we didn’t end up on the same wave, doesn’t mean we aren’t still a part of the same ocean.”
― It Ends with Us
― It Ends with Us
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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
― It Ends with Us
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But still, while no one is obligated to like the book because of this, like you said - this was the authors personal experience. So the reason why lily stayed with Ryle for as much time as she did can be excused. CoHo isn’t trying to gloss over the fact that lily should have left him as soon as it became clear he was abusive, she’s trying to explain that - in her situation - she couldn’t leave him because she still loved who he ~ appeared ~ to be. Still agree with most of the things you said though, great review!
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I dont understand how he is a predator. In maine were lily and altas grow it is LEGAL for a 16 year to consent to some 18 years or older
This is from google: The age of sexual consent in Maine is 16 years old. This applies to both heterosexual and homosexual conduct. 16, as the age of consent, is the age at which a person may legally consent to sex with another person aged 18 or older in Maine.
So yeah everything that they did was LEGAL were they live
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Sorry not sorry but this alone sounds like wattpad writing...
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I think I read the book in no time because of how cringe the dramas were in each scenario. The author failed to build actual characters, people evolve and I feel like the book covered Lily’s teenage years till adulthood and she still remained to stick to unrealistic teenage bs like writing to Ellen at Atlas’s place after you got hit by your partner? How on earth is that possible!
PSA: I am not discrediting the Authors experience by any means.
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11. Alyssa telling Ryle to tell lily about their brother the morning after her incident, As his partner it should be something she knew about before marrying him because they mentioned that their brother died when they were a kid. This should be a conversation she had with Ryle before marriage because it’s natural to know why your husband’s brother passes as a child and I find it disrespectful for Alyssa to make Ryle tell her about it right after the incident.
12. Every character in the book being very successful in their careers seems very unrealistic to me. Lily graduated and quit her marketing job and started a business she glamorize the whole idea of being independent and starting her own business but never really put the struggles in her career in the book , it’s like her life revolved around the men in her life and how much they’re attracted to her and that’s the only reason that keeps her busy 🙄
13. Her relationship with Ryle’s sister is very unrealistic because personally I find it natural to avoid the family members of my abuser but for LLillythat wasn’t the reality and his sister being very supportive and telling her to divorce Ryle while knowing his shady childhood and complications is very selfish if you really consider her your best friend you should’ve had a conversation with her about your brother’s past and what she should expect in the marriage or come up with an idea to tell her to work on ttheproblem before making a serious decision
14. Lillys relationship with her mom after she moved to Boston what so unfair you have a mother close to you and she’s there because she doesn’t have any other family member can you choose to tell her you got married after you do so? Lily understands her mom is a previous DV survivor and after all that she should put an effort to build a relationship with her mom that she missed and some of her childhood since Lily glamorizes on how Marshall and Allyssa are rich enough to buy them a plane ticket to get married in Vegas that night why not include the mom in the plan why not put an effort into telling her about the pregnancy sooner why not turn it to your mom by the time you need her.
Maybe its just me though
15. All of Atlas’s achievements and accomplishments revolve around Lily and although she was there for him and the most important part of his Life when he needed support I don’t think it’s fair for his businesses and success to be given all the credit to her his effort For being successful should be celebrated just as an individual.
16. Her sister-in-law working for fun for $10 an hour while her husband is a millionaire itself it’s just so funny unrealistic
17. I’m so furious on how she named her daughter Lily your life already revolves around men and men only why not change that up for your daughter, her first name is for her dads sibling and her middle name is your childhood crushes fav animation character really??
18. At the last chapter when she and Atlas got together the question she asked him was “do you donate to charity, do you ever want to live in a place other than Boston?” like those are two most important questions you should ask a partner before you decide to be in a relationship with them ewwww
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