Submitted by honeyonbiscuits t3_ztmkyd in books
I finally bought a copy of It Ends With Us. I resisted for awhile, but finally gave in because I was curious about the hype.
And now I’m 70 pages in and it’s….awful. So cringey. So simplistic. So rich doctor bad boy wants the humble wholesome good girl vibes. Blech.
I’m really not snooty with my reading. I read everything…fantasy, sci fi, YA, classics, historical fiction, non fiction, dystopian, biographies, poetry, etc etc. I’m a bonafide reader with no genre preference. I mean I love Jules Verne and Sinclair Lewis but hell, I also loved the Twilight series when I read it back in college.
I’m trying to force myself to finish it. I’m hoping it’ll eventually hook me in. I see potential with the homeless ex boyfriend. But y’all it’s a cringe-filled slog.
If you’re a Colleen Hoover lover, what is it about her writing that keeps you coming back? Honest question that I’m genuinely curious about.
EDIT: Feel like I need to confess something to keep it 100 haha. I posted this genuinely curious about others’ opinions on CH and this book. Someone posted a thoughtful comment a couple hours ago defending her (mild) enjoyment of CH with an interesting perspective on why she likes her books. So, I opened IEWU back up and gave it another shot. I’m now on page 203. I ended up reading a summary of it with spoilers and seeing how it ends, combined with that redditor’s thoughts, made me want to finish it. I probably won’t ever buy another CH book, but I’m glad I asked this question and that I ended up giving this particular book another shot. It took awhile to get mildly interesting but it’s not the dumpster fire bore I initially feared it would be.
EDIT #2: Well. What a wild weird ride today has been. I ended up binging the rest of It Ends With Us and I’m not sad to put it on my read list for this year. I liked it. Idk if I’ll buy another CH again. But I’m open to borrowing one on Libby or Hoopla if I get stuck in bed with the flu or covid one day. I did not expect my day to end like this. But here we are. I finished the book. I kinda liked it.