Name- It Ends with Us
Writer- Colleen Hoover
After very many days, I at last found a book that I wanted to pick up as soon as I kept it down. Many of my previous reads had started to make me feel that maybe I am loosing my interest in reading. However, this made me realise that I was just reading wrong books. But as someone has said-"We need to read many wrong books to get to the right one" (something like that).
I fell in love with Lily, Atlas and Ryle and cried and laughed with them. Their dreams and ambitions became mine and their heartbreaks made me cry. The writing style is superb. And I loved the inclusion of Ellen De Generes who has been a favourite of mine for a while. Reference to her movie makes up an important part in the book.
I cannot wait to get my hands on its sequel and although maybe its predictable, I still want to read it.
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Might contain spoilers.
*It Starts With Us by Colleen Hoover*
Rating- all the stars in the galaxy
To be very honest, assuming that one will read this after reading It Ends with Us, it is a very predictable book. We know what will happen. We are already happy for what will happen. We know what the conclusion will be because we all want it and it already has been written by the writer at the end of Book 1.
But the beauty of the book lies in the journey to the conclusion. The way Lily and Atlas reach their happily ever after is what we had wanted in book 1 itself. So when we finally see it happen here, our hearts are filled with love and elation.
The one part I felt lacking in this book was that Ryle's scenes seemed a bit forced here. The way his villanous character was built in Book 1, his existence in this book seemed very lacklusture. For a hero to be good, we need an equally strong anti-hero. Ryle needed a more strong character presence here because Atlas is so larger than life.
Theo and Josh are two adorable characters introduced in this book and I will surely buy a Book 3 of this series if the writer builds a story about these two. I want their love stories too! (Co Ho are you listening
The introduction of dual Povs adds another level to this book. It seemed like many questions from book 1 were answered which we actually didn't know existed ... can you get what I mean? I had liked the interwining of Ellen De Gerenes in Book 1 and it stays here albeit in the background.
I have already recommended this book to my bestie and will recommend these two to any die hard romantic out there.
( Psst- Atlas Corrigan becomes my second crush after guess who. ....)
Tbh, I liked Ryle forLily more than I liked Atlas for her. I somehow hoped she and Ryle would find their way back together . I knew it was going to be a happy ending between she and Atlas but I was strongly hoping Ryle would change. i really had to force myself to find she and Atlas as a thing but I did fall in love with both of them.
i love the support she got from Allysa and Marshall. One would thing Allysa would support Ryle because he’s her sister but none of that happen and it’s just a beautiful thing. Colleen hoover really won my heart with these books honestly.