IT ENDS WITH US

- Collen Hoover

Atlas Lily
It will
destroy him for life
“There is no such thing as bad
people. We’re all just people
who sometimes do bad things”

“Naked truths aren’t always pretty” Where everything is better

About Author

• Hoover was born on December 11, 1979, in Texas.

• Colleen Hoover is the #1 New York Times bestselling author

• Hoover graduated from Texas A&M-Commerce with a degree in social work

• Colleen and her family founded The Bookworm Box, a bookstore.

• She has won the Goodreads Choice Award for Best Romance three years in a row—
for Confess (2015), It Ends with Us (2016), and Without Merit (2017).
Plot
• Sometimes it is the one who loves you who hurts you the most.
• Lily has not had an easy life.
• Growing up in an abusive home and she yearns to leave her small
hometown in Maine.
• She has dreams of success, family, and BOSTON!
• The night of her father's funeral she meets a neurosurgeon Ryle on a
building rooftop.
• He's smart rich brilliant… What's better than that?
• But things seem a bit too perfect and she can't help herself but relive her
childhood and memories from her first love Atlas.
Characterisation
• Lilly Bloom - Narrator

• Atlas Corrigan - Lily’s childhood friend, boyfriend and first love.

• Ryle Kincaid - Neurosurgeon and Lily’s ex-husband

• Allysa - Lily’s Best friend and co-worker

• Jenny Bloom - Lily’s mother

• Andrew Bloom - Lily’s father

• Mr. Kincaid - Ryle’s father

• Mrs. Kincaid - Ryle’s mother

• Emmy Kincaid - Ryle and Lily’s daughter

Important Aspects
• Sensitive subject of violence.

• Friendship.

• Women empowerment.

• Life lesson.

• Account of survival.

• Strength to make the right choice in the hardest situation.

Techniques
• The novel “It ends with us” is set in Boston where lily opened her own flower
store.

• The novel makes a strong connection between Lily and Plants.

• The author uses satire and melds it into creating a character’s personality

• The authors usage of mood adds more light to the story.

• Since this book was written pretty recently, it still holds a lot of relevance to
today's society.
Review

• This is book brings out so many emotions.

• We smiled and cried a lot of times while reading this book

• The characters are wonderful and well developed.

• Lily’s character serves as a role model for all the women.

• There are lot of great messages in the book.

• The story felt so real , honest , powerful and even more meaningful to us after reading
the author’s note at the back of the book.
Recommendation
• Rating : 5

• We highly recommend the book “It ends with us” because it serves as an inspiration
for every women.

• It Ends with Us shows the grey matter within relationships ruled by domestic violence

• Trigger Warnings :

o Alcohol abuse

o Attempted rape

o Depression

o Domestic abuse

o Violence