Reviews tagging 'Infertility'

It Ends with Us by Colleen Hoover

246 reviews

sam_sem's review against another edition

challenging emotional fast-paced

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

3.75

I got pretty late into the hype of the book and to be honest, it sparked my interest, when all the messiness around the movie adaptation started. I get the hype, since the main topic is so often overlooked and misunderstood. And I get the whole outrage when it comes to the casting choices :) 
When it comes to the writing style, i do not see any specific style that would make me want to go back and reread bits of the text over and over again, but it delivers what it needs to deliver.
Now for the more specific parts, which will include:
 <spoilers>
- The fact that we get to learn about her teenage years through her diary entries and always little by little, was a really smart way to keep the reader hooked.
- I hate that everything comes so casually and easily when it comes to money. It always seems like a real shame and easy way out of every situation. Either the characters are loaded with money to begin with or they have an ultra successful business in the most basic or most difficult fields.
- Why was there a love triangle? Why must there always be a love triangle? It would have been a strong enough story if she ended up making the decision she did at the end without running back to a past love… I think for Atlas it would have also be a more satisfying ending to find someone else that loves him without the baggage of trauma bonding.
- The decision she makes in order to save the relationship, I find really important and impressive. But I do think it was tainted by the events in the epilogue.
All in all a solid and emotional read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse

Moderate: Blood, Domestic abuse, Infertility, Physical abuse, and Toxic relationship

mackwallace's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense 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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Child abuse, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, and Death

Moderate: Rape, Infertility, Pregnancy, and Panic attacks/disorders

bakergirlsbooks1999's review against another edition

emotional 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual content, Infertility, Gun violence, Medical content, Death of parent, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Blood, Child abuse, Pregnancy, Violence, Domestic abuse, and Sexual assault

ali1004's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring sad tense 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? Yes

4.0

I’m not one to normally write reviews, but this book really moved me. I went into it just knowing it was a romance novel, and started thinking it was overhyped almost immediately. However, once Part 2 started, I was proven wrong. Highly recommend this read. 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Pregnancy, Violence, Gaslighting, Panic attacks/disorders, and Sexual content

Minor: Infertility, Rape, Sexual assault, Gun violence, Death of parent, Suicide, Sexual violence, and Suicidal thoughts

abbiecadabbie05's review against another edition

emotional hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

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

4.25

So happy that Lily got her happy ending. I couldn't put this book down until she did 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Rape, Death of parent, Infertility, and Physical abuse

brooks_209's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, Grief, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual content

Moderate: Blood, Grief, Suicidal thoughts, Injury/Injury detail, and Alcohol

Minor: Child abuse, Pregnancy, Alcohol, Death of parent, Infertility, and Racial slurs

beccabookworm's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Physical abuse, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Gun violence, Domestic abuse, Blood, and Child death

Moderate: Death of parent, Cursing, and Gore

Minor: Infertility

becca_w_'s review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Violence, Confinement, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Sexual content, Child death, Child abuse, Gore, Grief, Medical content, Vomit, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Medical trauma, Toxic friendship, Classism, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Infertility, Physical abuse, Alcoholism, Blood, Bullying, Death, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Rape, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Emotional abuse and Abandonment

Minor: Mental illness and Adult/minor relationship

I put the adult/minor relationship tag because technically speaking there is a relationship between an 18 year old and a 15 year old. That said, the age gap is 2 and a half years and isn't too much cause for concern in my opinion.

bbrewer14's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful lighthearted reflective sad fast-paced

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

5.0

From the first page, I knew I wouldn’t be able to set this book down. I read it in one night and so much of it resonated with me that I needed a moment to process everything when I turned the final page. 

The characters in the book are more human than I have seen portrayed in a novel in some time. The author helps you feel love and hurt and anger and fear and a gamut of emotions in between, both with and for, each character. The journal entries from the teen years of the main character establish a strong understanding of her reasoning and bond you with her as she travels through her familial relationships and her friendships. The respect you find for her in her confusion and her decisions is deep and strong. The other characters all bring light and dark and love and loss to the table and it is frustrating when you want them to do something to keep with the idea of a fiction novel versus what they should do…be just like people and do just what we do…make mistakes. I will read this again and am looking forward to the sequel. I laughed and cried and loved along with Lily and I am not ready to let her go just yet. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Child death, and Violence

Moderate: Child death, Blood, Rape, Medical content, Sexual violence, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Alcoholism, and Death of parent

Minor: Cancer, Abandonment, Infertility, and Vomit

_alyssar_'s review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Vomit, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Domestic abuse, Alcohol, Death, Death of parent, Blood, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, and Sexual violence

Minor: Infertility, Suicide, Panic attacks/disorders, Child abuse, and Terminal illness