Reviews tagging Body horror

It Ends with Us, by Colleen Hoover

9 reviews

evawertz's review against another edition

dark emotional funny informative inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Alcohol, Blood, Body horror, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Injury/injury detail, Medical content, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, and Violence

madyt_reads's review against another edition

emotional sad

4.0

Idk what to say that hasn’t been said. I didn’t feel a strong connection to most of the characters, however the story itself kept me intrigued. As heartbreaking as it is to say, the plot felt realistic. Im not sure about my feelings beyond knowing that it taught me a lot..? As Lily mentions it is easy to say things when you’re outside of the situation, and reading this really forced me to put myself in those shoes. It was a rollercoaster in the worst way. 

I 1000% recommend reading the Authors note at the end when you finish as well. I think that made me cry the hardest. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Violence, Pregnancy, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Rape, Body horror, and Sexual assault

mandi4886's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death of parent, Death, Emotional abuse, Grief, Sexual violence, Alcohol, Bullying, Cursing, Injury/injury detail, Physical abuse, Rape, Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Blood, Gun violence, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Child death, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Pregnancy, Suicide, and Gaslighting

Minor: Alcoholism, Adult/minor relationship, Infertility, and Stalking

darkparadise222's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Body horror, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Physical abuse, and Blood

laurendenton's review

challenging emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Domestic abuse, Medical content, Physical abuse, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Blood, Body horror, Child death, Cursing, Alcohol, Death, Gun violence, Injury/injury detail, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Violence

Minor: Alcoholism, Cancer, Death of parent, Drug use, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, and Vomit

moonbin's review

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Gaslighting, Child death, Gun violence, Pregnancy, and Sexual content

Minor: Abortion, Blood, Body horror, Cursing, Injury/injury detail, Murder, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

brittanysavoie13's review

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

Ugh why does this have so many 5 star reviews? It was engaging and I couldn't put it down so I'll give it that, and it does a good job of addressing all the nuances of domestic abuse and how hard it can be for the abused to leave those situations (definitely needs a trigger warning though because I was not expecting that!). However, otherwise the book just didn't make sense.

Spoiler

It was supposed to show how charming, charismatic people like Ryle can be deceiving, yet he showed so many red flags from the get go. Everything seemed to come so easy to Lily, it wasn't very realistic. Then, probably what I hated the most... THERE WERE ABSOLUTELY NO REPERCUSSIONS FOR RYLE. Like none, whatsoever. Lily left him (which should have been a given) but otherwise nothing.  He got to have unsupervised time with his daughter (yikes! Definitely super problematic for a violent abuser and almost rapist!), he kept his career success, his relationship with his sister (who was lily's best friend) and her husband did not change (they named their daughter after him...after they knew he was violent towards his wife!), he didn't get arrested for any of the times he hurt Lily, and they mention absolutely nothing about him working on himself except one flippant comment about how he used to go to therapy when he first explained his 'condition' to lily (though emphasized that it wasn't an excuse, it 100% was). I just have so many issues with this book, but the whole fairytale wrap up at the end felt so fake and unrealistic its as if all the characters completely ignored Ryle's previous behavior and everyone had a happy ending anyways. I was waiting for some sort of explosive ending to come that just never happened

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Body horror, Blood, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Gun violence, Sexual violence, Violence, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Panic attacks/disorders, Injury/injury detail, Death of parent, Child death, Abandonment, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Child death, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Sexual violence, and Violence

jamiejanae_6's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/injury detail, Medical content, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Minor: Infertility and Suicide

mir_frog73's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Child abuse, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Cursing, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Injury/injury detail, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Domestic abuse, Pregnancy, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Vomit, Gun violence, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Body horror, and Murder