It Ends With Us by Colleen Hoover - Book Thoughts Vol. 8

It Ends With Us

Yet again, we end up with a book review of one of colleen Hoover’s novels. And by no surprise, this book was amazing and I flew through it.

This is a romance novel that is very realistic and represent deep issues in all of our societies. So it’s not just fairy tales and happy endings. Don’t get me wrong I will not say anything about its ending (no spoilers here haha). It’s a really unique story that follows a young woman called Lily who meets a guy, Ryle, randomly on a roof of a building and start sharing truths. From there, the plot begins.

You follow their beautiful story, with its easy and hard truths that make all the more interesting. You get deep into it that you feel close to the characters. You see love, unique friendships, family. Yet all intertwined with a twist.

Another aspect of the book that I loved was that Lily kept a diary in which she addressed all of her entries to Ellen DeGeneres, so I thought that was a nice and connecting addition to the book. It made it closer to reality and funny in a way.

"There is no such thing as bad people. We're all just
people who sometimes do bad things"

 She wrote in the journal all of her childhood experiences that witness domestic abuse. You dive into time and into her childhood and watch her life unfold in front of you.

I think this is my fourth time reading her books, and I can say for sure she is one of my favourite writers. she can easily reach its readers and make them fall in love with the her writing and her stories.

Oh and another note, if you end up reading this book, read also the Note from the Author at the end (I know I don’t often read them but this time it was worth it), it makes you understand some things in the book and the inspiration behind certain things.

"I think about it sometimes, no matter how convinced you are that your life will turn out a certain way, all that certainty can be washed away with a simple change in tide."

Until next time,

Salam!

Some writings i loved while reading:

"Imagine all the people you meet in your life. There are so many. They come in like waves, trickling in and out with the tide. Some waves are much bigger that make more of an impact than others. Sometimes the waves bring with them things from deep in the bottom of the sea and they leave those things tossed onto the shore. Imprints against the grains of sand that prove the waves had once been there, long after the ride recedes."

"Just because we didn't end up on the same wave, doesn't mean we aren't still a part of the same ocean."

"Life is a funny thing. 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. We shouldn't waste time on things that might happen someday, or maybe even never."

"Hatred is exhausting"

"That's what fifteen minutes can do to a person. It can destroy them.

It can save them "