It Ends With Us: The emotional #1 Sunday Times bestseller

Product Information

The people who, when they hear about abuse, the first thing that occurs to them is why doesn't she leave him? Why people continue to swoon over characters who treat them like dogshit is beyond my realm of thought. Sometimes, I read a book and it’s so beautiful, influential and emotional I will cry just thinking about the characters and their story.

he said and i quote “i ~felt~ something,” that’s the reason why he didn’t want to kill himself anymore. The things he did to Lily: the physical and emotional abuse he gave her were impossible for me to absorb.Abuse and domestic violence are a delicate subject, and when I found out they were this book's main theme I thought about not reading it. In this best-selling debut, criminal defense lawyer Joe Dillard has become jaded over the years as he's tried to balance his career against his conscience.

And while e-books are certainly cheaper books than their print counterparts (hence the popularity of e-readers like Kindles), they’re still an expense that adds up, especially for avid readers. I've been reading a lot lately and because I mainly read Romance or crime, I finally gave in to reading "It ends with us" just because it's been pretty popular lately. There are just so many things that could have been easily avoided, and for these things to not be noticed and fixed is quite lazy of the author. It was my outlet, my excuse for the tears that wouldn't go away, the tears that kept falling despite my desperate protest. But then we arrive at the core of this story, which I won't spoil because it's best to read it from Colleen Hoover's own words.What a great time to have a dissenting opinion about a book written by an author with a particularly rabid fanbase! Considering what an awful person everyone knows that Ellen is, I again struggle to understand why Colleen chose this specific detail when she could have chosen someone that was a much better person and influence. But we see that she wrote it this way because Colleen still had a relationship with her abusive father after her mother divorced him.

Something that really bothers me a lot in romances like this is that a romance tends to save the protagonist, and I think this book - despite marketing that made me concerned this trope would rear its ugly head - does the opposite.Lily hasn't always had it easy, but that's never stopped her from working hard for the life she wants. We only get so many years to live it, so we have to do everything we can to make sure those years are as full as they can be. As a society we are quick to judge women (and men) who stay in abusive relationships without taking into account what the process really is like for them. I empathize with the main character Lily and I appreciate the effort that was made to highlight how trauma distorts and lingers, but I don’t believe this captured the severity or nuance that a topic this heavy deserves in fictionalized work.

I kept trying to guess what I thought might happen next and in classic Hoover style she managed to surprise me. John, a celebrity in her own right, uncovers disturbing information in one of Kitty's journals, and it upends her entire world.It Ends With Us is a story of gray areas and how quickly you can find yourself in the exact position you thought you of all people would never be in.