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A review by caffeinatedchapters
It Ends with Us by Colleen Hoover
5.0
I just want to say that this book is very intense and realistic in my opinion. The point of it ends with us definitely wasn’t meant to be comfortable. The opposite actually. It’s to raise awareness and have the readers learn about who Ryle really was with lily. So we would feel how she feels and understand how hard it would be if we were in that situation. Especially because SO MANY people say, “I would just leave the minute they hit me” when really, you don’t know until you’re in it.
I love this book with everything in me. I love it so much that I'm getting two tattoos inspired by it. I knew why it was hard for survivors to leave their abusers before reading. But, colleen executed the judgment of that choice and why it shouldn't be judged well. I loved the way that she had us fall in love with Ryle and then find out he isn't the best guy after all, just as Lily was. This book made me fall in love with the past-present perspective in books. Atlas and Lily's timeline was the cutest, most raw thing to watch unfold. It was definitely a really sad book at times and it was hard to read, but I didn’t really sob as I’ve seen from others. I did shed tears at the more graphic and hard-to-swallow parts. I think the reason for that is because it was so back and forth. From happy with atlas, to her story with Ryle- which most of the time just made me really angry for lily. The author's note is one of the things that really got me to be honest. Overall, this book has my whole heart and I'm happy I was gifted it to read. I think everyone should read it at least once in their life.
I love this book with everything in me. I love it so much that I'm getting two tattoos inspired by it. I knew why it was hard for survivors to leave their abusers before reading. But, colleen executed the judgment of that choice and why it shouldn't be judged well. I loved the way that she had us fall in love with Ryle and then find out he isn't the best guy after all, just as Lily was. This book made me fall in love with the past-present perspective in books. Atlas and Lily's timeline was the cutest, most raw thing to watch unfold. It was definitely a really sad book at times and it was hard to read, but I didn’t really sob as I’ve seen from others. I did shed tears at the more graphic and hard-to-swallow parts. I think the reason for that is because it was so back and forth. From happy with atlas, to her story with Ryle- which most of the time just made me really angry for lily. The author's note is one of the things that really got me to be honest. Overall, this book has my whole heart and I'm happy I was gifted it to read. I think everyone should read it at least once in their life.