Book Review: 'It Ends With Us' by Colleen Hoover

A book published in 2016 takes 2022 by storm, holding itself on the New York Times bestseller list for 36 weeks running and a movie in production.

It Ends with Us, by Colleen Hoover can be described as one of the most painfully angelic and unique stories of all time, a novel which should be read by everyone, Hoover wrote with such raw emotion and passion to bring this story to life.

This one-sit read will leave a permanent mark on the soul after following the protagonist and her journey through heartache, abuse, and love.

Set in Boston, Massachusetts, a city full of opportunity, the story follows Lily Bloom, the woman who dreams of opening her flower shop, visiting her past and present, her toxic childhood, how she found light in such a dark place and the struggles of starting a new life when your past creeps up on you when you least expected it.

With her dreams, came struggles and no one could have foreseen the twists Hoover had in store, this novel takes heartache to a whole new level, a scale on which being smacked across the face would be less painful than having to read this.

While Lily began the fight of her life, the boy she once loved was suddenly just within her grasp, yet she couldn’t quite hold on.

This book is known as a romance, but the story is of a woman who fights for herself, slowly discovering that the truth can break you, the people you love can break you and the choices you make can break others. Lily fights for herself and makes decisions no one could ever dream of, immediately having the reader think of the cruelness that is some people's dark reality.

When Lily faces her naked truth, she says:

“Cycles exist because they are excruciating to break. It takes an astronomical amount of pain and courage to disrupt a familiar pattern. Sometimes it seems easier to just keep running in the same familiar circles, rather than facing the fear of jumping and possibly not landing on your feet. My mother went through it. I went through it. I'll be damned if I allow my daughter to go through it. I kiss her on the forehead and make her a promise. It stops here. With me and you. It ends with us.”

The perfect ending to a tragic tale.