It Ends With Us by Colleen Hoover

It Ends with Us by Colleen Hoover
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

WARNING: Spoilers will follow. Booklish Reviews ©2016

First off, I think it fitting to tell you/those reading this, that I am in no way, shape or form a Colleen Hoover supporter. I wasn't that impressed with Hopeless or Someday Maybe. (And yes, I am fully aware that there are people out there who will swear a testament to Holder and Ridge's greatness *SWOON*)
But I'm not one of those people.

In fact, it would 100% accurate to say I'm the most Anti-Colleen Hoover Reader out there. Anytime someone praises her books, I dust that shit right off and try to jump into another conversation ASAP.
I don't have anything against this author. But I have nothing for her either.

MOVING ON....Here's the review of It Ends With Us. :)
You've got Lily Bloom, the female narrator of the book. Over the course of 23 years she's witnessed her father's ill-abuse toward her mother, and she's glad he's dead. So glad that she won't say anything nice at his funeral. She likes Gardening and Ellen Degeneres...

Then you've got Ryle Kincaid. Aka, one of two love interest in this book. (Yes, there are 2 male leads!) Ryle is a neurosurgeon with a haunted past that he can't escape. He meets Lily and sparks fly, but he only wants a one night stand.

And last BUT DEFINITELY NOT LEAST....You've got Atlas Corrigan. The 2nd love interest, whom Lily has known for a long time. He was homeless at one point and she took care of him. :) They shared a special connection during their late childhood, and haven't seen each other in years. But he's always thought about her, always tried to better himself to be the man she deserves. (I have inserted a Johnny Depp GIF, because that is how I envision him lol. It was the best I could find on short notice!)


The Good, Bad, and Ugly...
1) I really enjoyed the diary segments of this book and the Ellen Degeneres witty banter. I know some probably think it's immature, but it really flowed well with the story and toned down the overwhelming drama. Nice touch!

2) Ryle. I am so OVERJOYED that Colleen showed who he really was (an abuser), but justified WHY he was the way he was, while not making excuses for his behavior. That earned brownie points from me! Ryle became the EXAMPLE of a bad significant other, instead of the bad boy most author's spent 3+ books trying to defend. I respect Colleen Hoover for that!



3) Atlas. Though he wasn't in the book as much as Ryle, I feel like his presence was strong enough to really show the readers why he was the better man; to show them what a Good man could be if given time and the opportunity. :) He really was the underdog of this mess! At one point I was absolutely certain he was going to get the shit-end of this deal...But he came out of this with guns blazing!

4) The abuse. I didn't really like the explanation given regarding Ryle's abusive behavior: He shot his brother by accident as a child and killed him, ect...That's why he blacks-out and goes into tantrums. I would've rather read that he was Bi-polar? I'm not saying the killing couldn't happen, but obviously he isn't psychologically stable, yet somehow managed to get a medical degree? That didn't add up to me.
He's around death all of the time at the hospital, and never "blacked-out" then? After all, death was what brought him to the point of abuse in the first place. (His brother's death...) Yet he can do surgery, witness people die, and walked away from it unscathed, with no nurses needing stitches...
I just couldn't believe that.


Overall, I thought it was a solid 4 stars. It kept me entertained and sucked me in from the start.
The characters were very well developed. The plot was on-point.
I really enjoyed it.



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