Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

It Ends with Us by Colleen Hoover

636 reviews

aim_upp's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Child abuse, Pregnancy, Violence, Sexual assault, Death of parent, Suicidal thoughts, Rape, Sexual violence, and Toxic relationship

erinn93's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-paced

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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Child death, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Suicide attempt, Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, and Suicide

Minor: Death of parent, Pregnancy, Cancer, Chronic illness, Death, and Suicidal thoughts

kokoa_'s review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-paced

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

whoever said this is a romance lied. this book is about abuse and it doesn’t even do a good job at addressing it. also her name is lily blossom bloom. must i say anything else.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, and Sexual assault

kitten_nugget's review against another edition

emotional fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse

Moderate: Child abuse

duchesseducool's review against another edition

This books is super cheesy, poorly written, not interesting to me and not relatable. It was painful listening to the straight sex scenes and I can't spend 4 more hours listening to this.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Alcoholism, and Domestic abuse

delanus's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring 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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, and Rape

pa0la_reads's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

I will admit. At the end of the book Colleen explains that this book is based on her mother and father. And she said that she had found it hard to understand women who stay with their abusive husbands until she wrote this book. I was the same. I might even say I still am bc I don’t think I’ll ever fully understand why unless I live through it and this would be my worst fucking nightmare if I did. 

Spoiler

The first time Ryle pushed Lily so hard she hit her dead. I had to reread it to see what exactly happened bc I didn’t get it. And then I started to rationalize ‘oh, did she like get too close to his injured hand? Did he push her lightly and she was just too drunk that she lost her balance?’ And I didn’t have an answer I reread it and there was no reason why he pushed her off. But then his hand was injured (which didn’t even last long, he was able to do the surgery after all). And I’m ashamed to say that when she forgave him I forgave him too. I was skeptical but I rationalized and had I been in her position in that situation I don’t think I would’ve left him either (and that’s horrible). And I felt disgust for myself bc Ive always been told at the first sign leave… but it’s not a clear sign. Marriage is very important to me and at some point by the time the second incident happened (he pushed her down the stairs) and he gave the explanation of his older brother when she debated himself she said ‘for better, for worse right?’ And I feel like it’s kinda difficult for someone in that situation to determine how much worse is too worse. When does ‘too worse’ become ‘it’s not that bad’. By the second incident I don’t think I would’ve forgiven him like that. But I don’t think I want to know what I would’ve done.

I truly enjoyed this book bc I got an insight to what domestic abuse does to someone as a bystander to the victim and as the victim. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Sexual assault, and Rape

almostelle's review against another edition

fast-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Pregnancy

Minor: Death of parent

_allyson_nicole's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

this book is so amazing. I had high hopes when buying this book and she delivered. I love this book so much. it is definitely one of my favorites! i 110% recommended 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Physical abuse, Self harm, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Gun violence, and Pregnancy

jacquiejacs's review against another edition

Many of the reasons are spoilers, but before I get to those, here are some of the non-spoiler reasons: 
-the writing felt very childish, which was especially weird due to the very adult topics discussed in this book. 
-specific things that triggered me (please please see content warnings before deciding to read this book)
- sexual assault
- some people say this is a romcom, but this this definitely NOT a romcom/romance novel.  I'd categorize it as Adult contemporary fiction.

Spoiler

sexual assault (see content warnings), abusive boyfriend (physical & emotional abuse), at times it felt like the abuse was being romanticized (very unhealthy message to send), pregnancy trope, obsession with Ellen DeGeneres (why???), Lily Bloom owning a flower shop? A bit on the nose there ngl

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Toxic relationship, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Domestic abuse