The cover of It Ends With Us by Colleen Hoover is in front of broken glass and butterflies.
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10 Atlas And Lily’s Romance Hurts It Ends With Us’ Message About Escaping Abuse Atlas Would Have Been Better As A Best Friend Close ✕ Remove Ads When it comes to abuse, there is never an excuse. As Lily points out in It Ends With Us, Ryle could have walked in on her and Atlas having sex, and he still wouldn’t have had a reason to lay a hand on Lily. Unfortunately, the pair’s romantic history hurts the story and message.
9 It Ends With Us’ Marketing Was Deceptive It Ends With Us Was Never A Romance Novel One of the harshest realities about the Colleen Hoover book was clear from the start, but has only become more apparent since It Ends With Us’ cast drama. The novel’s marketing was highly deceptive. It Ends With Us should never have been labeled a romance novel, given the graphic depictions of abuse and heavy content matter.
✕ Remove Ads Marshall, Devon, and Atlas' friends also make questionable choices in It Ends With Us. Marshall knows Ryle is abusive but takes him to see Lily without asking her if it's okay or giving her a warning. Devon agrees to be Lily's fake date, knowing she's avoiding Ryle, but then lets him take Lily away against her wishes. Even Atlas’ friends make inappropriate comments to Lily, though they can get a slight pass since she trauma-dumps on them.
Related It Ends With Us Massively Changed Lily’s “Ellen” Journal, But It Was For The Best In Colleen Hoover's It Ends With Us, Lily writes letters to Ellen DeGeneres in her journal, but the movie changes this, avoiding controversy. ✕ Remove Ads The golden rule in creative writing is “show, don’t tell.” Unfortunately, It Ends With Us does nothing but tell the reader what to think and how to feel about the characters and narrative. The writing doesn’t leave room for nuance or personal interpretation, which makes it hard to engage with the story.
✕ Remove Ads However, the focus on this one positive moment ignores that Allysa already enabled Ryle’s abuse earlier in the book. The first time she finds out Ryle abused Lily, she doesn’t encourage Lily to leave or ask what support Lily needs. Instead, she guilt-trips Lily into having a conversation with Ryle, saying, “As my sister-in-law and my best friend, give my brother a chance to talk to you.” Then, she leaves them alone together, knowing he was already violent once.
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